List of political parties in Switzerland
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This is a list of political parties in Switzerland.
Switzerland has a multi-party system. Since 1959, the four largest parties have formed a coalition government, according to a Template:Lang or "magic formula". This arithmetic formula divides the seven cabinet seats among representatives of the four largest parties.<ref name=Cormon>Pierre Cormon, Swiss Politics for Complete Beginners, Editions Slatkine, 2014, Template:ISBN, p. 31–32 Template:Webarchive</ref>
Political parties in Switzerland
Federal and cantonal parliaments
The following parties are represented in the Swiss Federal Assembly or cantonal parliaments and executive councils as of 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="KantonsregierungenBfS">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="KantonsparlamenteBfS">Template:Cite web</ref> For their names in the four national languages of Switzerland, see #Names in the national languages below.
For more detailed information on the political positions of some of the parties listed below, see here:<ref name="Colours">Template:Cite news</ref> For Swiss political party strength on the municipal level, see here:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Minor parties
The following groups or parties are not represented at either the cantonal or national level (but may hold positions in municipal parliaments).
| Abbr. | Name | W | Leader | Ideology | Founded | Popular voteTemplate:Efn | |
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| PPS | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Pirate Party | [1] | Jorgo Ananiadis | Pirate politics, liberalism | 2009 | 0.27% (2019) |
| SD/DS | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Swiss Democrats | [2] | Dr. Michel Dupont, Christoph Spiess | Right-wing, national conservatism | 1961 | 0.13% (2019) |
| SLB/MSL | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Social Liberal Movement | [3] | Samuel Schmid | Centre-right, social conservatism | 2011 | 0.1% (2015) |
| LP/PL | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Libertarian Party | [4] | Martin Hartmann | Libertarianism | 2014 | 0.01% (2019) |
| FPS/PSL | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Freedom Party | [5] | Daniele Weber | Right-wing, national liberalism | 1984 | n/a |
| HPS/PHS | Swiss Humanist Party | [6] | Daniel Horowitz | Humanist Movement | 1984 | n/a | |
| KVP | Catholic People's Party | [7] | Lukas Brühwiler-Frésey | Catholic social teaching | 1994 | n/a | |
| TPS/PSpA | Template:Lang | [8] | Thomas Märki | Animal rights | 2010 | 0.15% (2015) | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Template:Lang | [9] | Lukas Harder | Voluntary association of independent politicians formed for the 2011 elections; opposing party politics | 2011 | 0.19% (2015) | |
| Template:Lang | [10] | Germano Mattei | Regionalism (Alpine Ticino) | 2011 | 0.08% (2015) | ||
| Template:Lang | [11] | Alternative medicine | 2011 | 0.06% (2015) | |||
| Template:Lang | [12] | Separation of church and state | 2011 | 0.05% (2015) | |||
| Template:Lang | [13] | Eric Weber | Right-wing populism (Basel-Stadt) | 2002 | 0.03% (2015) | ||
| Template:Lang | Template:Usurped | Communism (Geneva) | 2002 | 0.03% (2015) | |||
| Template:Lang | [14] | Jura separatism (Bernese Jura) | 2011 | 0.03% (2015) | |||
| Template:Lang | [15] | Nicolas Rimoldi | Right-Wing, Opponents of Covid-19 measures | 2021 | 0.53% (2023) | ||
Historical parties
Names in the national languages
Sources: The Swiss Federal Chancellery
Relative importance
At the federal level
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Composition of the National Council by political party, 1919–2023
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Composition of the Federal Council by political party, 1919–2017
Overall
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
- Pierre Cormon, Swiss Politics for Complete Beginners, Editions Slatkine, 2014. Template:ISBN
External links
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