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{{Short description|Swiss political party}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = Green Party of Switzerland
| native_name      = {{ublist
 | {{native name|de|GRÜNE Schweiz|italics=no}}
 | {{native name|fr|Les VERT-E-S suisses|italics=no}}
 | {{native name|it|VERDI svizzeri|italics=no}}
 | {{native name|rm|VERDA svizra|italics=no}}
}}
| logo             = Green Party of Switzerland.svg
| colorcode        = {{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}
| president        = [[Lisa Mazzone]]
| foundation       = {{start date and age|1983|05|28|df=yes}}
| headquarters     = Waisenhausplatz 21, 3011 [[Bern]]
| membership       = 13,000<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schär |first=Michael |date=2022-09-18 |title=Grünes Wahlprogramm: 13'000 Mitglieder können an der «Agenda 2023-2027» mitschreiben |url=https://gruene.ch/medienmitteilungen/gruenes-wahlprogramm-13000-mitglieder-koennen-an-der-agenda-2023-2027-mitschreiben |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=GRÜNE Schweiz |language=de-DE}}</ref>
| membership_year  = 2022
| ideology         = [[Green politics]]
| position         = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]] to [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]]
| european         = [[European Green Party]]
| international    = [[Global Greens]]
| colours          = {{Color box|{{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}|border=darkgray}} [[Green]]
| seats1_title     = [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Federal Council]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|0|7|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[Council of States of Switzerland|Council of States]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|3|46|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[National Council (Switzerland)|National Council]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|23|200|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[List of cantonal executives of Switzerland|Cantonal executives]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|7|154|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| seats5_title     = [[List of cantonal legislatures of Switzerland|Cantonal legislatures]]
| seats5           = {{Composition bar|249|2544|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| website          = {{URL|https://gruene.ch/}} (German)<br>{{url|https://verts.ch/}} (French)<br>{{url|https://verditicino.ch}} (Italian)
| country          = Switzerland
}}
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The '''Green Party of Switzerland''' ({{langx|de|GRÜNE Schweiz}}; {{langx|fr|Les VERT-E-S suisses}}; {{langx|it|VERDI svizzeri}}; {{langx|rm|VERDA svizra}})<ref>{{Cite web|title=Statuten — 1. Name und Sitz|url=https://gruene.ch/statuten#k1|access-date=8 January 2022|website=GRÜNE Schweiz|language=de-DE}}</ref> is a [[Green politics|green]] [[List of political parties in Switzerland|political party]] in [[Switzerland]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Nordsieck |first=Wolfram |year=2019 |title=Switzerland |url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/switzerland.html |access-date=9 November 2019 |website=Parties and Elections in Europe}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bale |first=Tim |title=Riding the populist wave: Europe's mainstream right in crisis |date=2021 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |others=Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser |isbn=978-1-009-00686-6 |location=Cambridge, United Kingdom |pages=36 |oclc=1256593260}}</ref> It is the fifth-largest party in the [[National Council (Switzerland)|National Council of Switzerland]] and the largest party that is not represented on the [[Federal Council (Switzerland)|Federal Council]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tradebridgeconsultants.com/country-index/switzerland/political-parties/the-green-party-of-switzerland/|title=Switzerland {{!}} Left of Centre {{!}} The Green Party of Switzerland {{!}} Trade Bridge Consultants|website=tradebridgeconsultants.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805234313/http://tradebridgeconsultants.com/country-index/switzerland/political-parties/the-green-party-of-switzerland/|archive-date=5 August 2018|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

==History==
The first [[Green party]] in Switzerland, [[Mouvement populaire pour l'environnement|MPE]], was founded as a local party in 1971 in the town of [[Neuchâtel]]. In 1979, [[Daniel Brélaz]] was elected to the [[National Council of Switzerland|National Council]] as the first Green MP on the national level (in Switzerland and in the world). Local and regional Green parties and organisations were founded in many different towns and [[Cantons of Switzerland|cantons]] in the following years.

In 1983, two different national green party federations were created: in May, diverse local green groups came together in Fribourg to form the ''Federation of Green Parties of Switzerland'', and in June, some left-alternative groups formed the ''Green Alternative Party of Switzerland'' in Bern. In 1990, an attempt to combine these organisations failed. Afterward, some of the member groups from the ''Green Alternative Party'' joined the ''Federation of Green Parties'' which has become the ''de facto'' national Green party. In 1993, the ''Federation of Green Parties'' changed its name to the ''Green Party of Switzerland''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q7uoDQAAQBAJ&q=1993+Green+Party+of+Switzerland&pg=PT103|title=Green Parties in Transition: The End of Grass-roots Democracy?|last=Lucardie|first=Paul|date=2016-12-05|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781351932110|language=en}}</ref>

In 1986, the first two Green members of a cantonal government became members of the ''Regierungsrat'' of Bern.

In 1987, the Green Party of Switzerland joined the [[European Federation of Green Parties]].

In the 1990s, members of the Green Party became town mayors, members of the high court, and even the president of a cantonal government ([[Verena Diener]] in 1999).

In 2007, the centrist wing of the party split away and formed the [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland]].

With the rise of right-wing and populist attitudes, the Greens continued to lose support in Switzerland. In the [[2023 Swiss federal election|2023 federal election]], they came in fifth place.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aktuell |first=S. W. R. |date=2023-10-22 |title=Parlamentswahl in der Schweiz: Rechte gewinnen, Grüne verlieren |url=https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/suedbaden/parlamentswahlen-in-der-schweiz-100.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=swr.online |language=de}}</ref>

==Policies==
{{Unreferenced section|date=March 2019}}
[[File:Swiss party politics 2007 en.png|thumb|300px|The Green Party's positions in the Swiss political spectrum (2007).]]
The party has been described as being [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]]<ref name=ESS>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129004821/http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round8/survey/ESS8_appendix_a3_e01_0.pdf|url=https://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round8/survey/ESS8_appendix_a3_e02_1.pdf|work=[[European Social Survey]]|edition=8th|year=2016|title=Appendix A3: Political Parties|url-status=live|archive-date=29 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://europeelects.eu/switzerland/ | title=Switzerland }}</ref> to [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]].<ref name=ESS/><ref>{{cite book |title=The Swiss Confederation – a brief guide |author=Federal Chancellery, Communication Support |year=2016 |publisher=Swiss Confederation |location=Switzerland |page=18 |url=https://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/02070/index.html?lang=en&download=NHzLpZeg7t,lnp6I0NTU042l2Z6ln1ad1IZn4Z2qZpnO2Yuq2Z6gpJCIeIJ_gWym162epYbg2c_JjKbNoKSn6A-- |format=PDF |access-date=11 December 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220095659/https://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/02070/index.html?lang=en&download=NHzLpZeg7t,lnp6I0NTU042l2Z6ln1ad1IZn4Z2qZpnO2Yuq2Z6gpJCIeIJ_gWym162epYbg2c_JjKbNoKSn6A-- |archive-date=20 December 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The traditional emphases of the party's policies lie in [[environmentalism]] and green means of transportation. In terms of foreign policy, the greens set out on the course of openness and [[pacifism]]. In economic policy, the Greens are [[centre-left]]. The majority of Greens support an accession of [[Switzerland]] to the [[European Union]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://europeelects.eu/switzerland/ | title=Switzerland |website=EuropeElects}}</ref> In immigration policy, the greens support further integration initiatives for immigrants. The Greens support measures to increase energy efficiency, oppose [[Anti-nuclear movement|nuclear power]], and support raising energy and fuel prices. According to their policy, the resulting revenues should be allocated to [[social security]] spending.

==Popular support==
[[File:CHbezirke 110211 GPS.png|thumb|300px|Percentages of the Green Party at district level in 2011]]

===National Council and Council of States===
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Election year
! # of overall votes
! % of overall vote
! # of National Council<br>seats won
! +/-
! # of Council of States<br>seats won
! +/-
! Notes
|-
! [[1979 Swiss federal election|1979]]
| 11,583
| 0.6
| {{Composition bar|1|200|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
|
| {{Composition bar|0|46|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| 
| 
|-
! [[1983 Swiss federal election|1983]]
| 37,079
| 1.9
| {{Composition bar|3|200|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| {{Composition bar|0|46|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| 
|
|-
! [[1987 Swiss federal election|1987]]
| 94,378
| 4.9
| {{Composition bar|9|200|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| {{increase}} 6
| {{Composition bar|0|46|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| 
|
|-
! [[1991 Swiss federal election|1991]]
| 124,149
| 6.1
| {{Composition bar|14|200|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| {{increase}} 5
| {{Composition bar|0|46|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| 
|
|-
! [[1995 Swiss federal election|1995]]
| 96,069
| 5.0
| {{Composition bar|8|200|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| {{decrease}} 6
| {{Composition bar|0|46|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| 
|
|-
! [[1999 Swiss federal election|1999]]
| 96,807
| 5.0
| {{Composition bar|8|200|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| {{steady}} 0 
| {{Composition bar|0|46|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| 
|
|-
! [[2003 Swiss federal election|2003]]
| 156,226
| 7.4
| {{Composition bar|13|200|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| {{increase}} 5 
| {{Composition bar|0|46|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| 
|
|-
! [[2007 Swiss federal election|2007]]
| 222,206
| 9.6
| {{Composition bar|20|200|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| {{increase}} 7 
| {{Composition bar|2|46|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
|
|-
! [[2011 Swiss federal election|2011]]
| 205,984
| 8.4
| {{Composition bar|15|200|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| {{decrease}} 5 
| {{Composition bar|2|46|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|
|-
! [[2015 Swiss federal election|2015]]
| 177,938
| 7.1
| {{Composition bar|11|200|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| {{decrease}} 4
| {{Composition bar|1|46|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
|
|-
! [[2019 Swiss federal election|2019]]
| 319,988
| 13.2
| {{Composition bar|28|200|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| {{increase}} 17
| {{Composition bar|5|46|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| {{increase}} 4
|
|-
! [[2023 Swiss federal election|2023]]
| 249,891
| 9.78
| {{Composition bar|23|200|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| {{decrease}} 5
| {{Composition bar|3|46|hex={{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
|
|}

On the national level, in 2003 the Green Party was not represented in the [[Swiss Council of States|Council of States]] or [[Swiss Federal Council|Federal Council]]. In 2007, two Green Party members were elected to the Council of States.<ref>[http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/kultur/film/waadt_staenderat_gruene_1.582483.html NZZ Online, 11 November 2007] (German)</ref>

By 2005, the party held 3.8 per cent of the seats in the Swiss [[Conseil d'État (Switzerland)|cantonal executive governments]] and 6.9 per cent in the Swiss [[cantonal parliaments]] (index "BADAC", weighted with the population and number of seats). In 2007, the Green Party was represented in the governments of the cantons [[Bern (canton)|Bern]], [[Basel-City]], [[Geneva]] (two ministers), [[Neuchâtel]], [[Nidwalden]], [[Vaud]], [[Zug (canton)|Zug]] (two ministers) and [[Canton of Zurich|Zurich]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=epern-election-briefing-no-39.pdf&site=266|title=ELECTION BRIEFING No 39 EUROPE AND THE SWISS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 21OCTOBER 2007|last=Church|first=Clive|date=October 2007|access-date=30 May 2017}}</ref>

==Party strength over time==
{| class="wikitable" style ="text-align: center"
|+ Percentage of the total vote for the Green Party in Federal Elections 1971-2019<ref>{{cite report |title=Nationalratswahlen: Kantonale Parteistärke, zusammengefasst nach Parteien (Kanton = 100%) |publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |date=2015 | url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/catalogues-databases/tables.assetdetail.331756.html}}</ref>
|-
! Canton !! 1971 !! 1975 !! 1979 !! 1983 !! 1987 !! 1991 !! 1995 !! 1999 !! 2003 !! 2007 !! 2011 !! 2015 !! 2019 !! 2023
|-
! Switzerland || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #80FFBF" | 0.1 || style="background: #80FFBF" | 0.6 || style="background: #80FFBF" | 1.9 || style="background: #00FF80" | 4.9 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 6.1 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 5.0 || style="background: #00FF80" | 5.0 || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.4 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.6 || style="background: #00DF70" | 8.4 || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.1 || style="background: #30BF70" | 13.2 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.8
|-
! Zurich || style="background: #BFBFBF" | *{{ref|a|a}} || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #80FFBF" | 1.3 || style="background: #00FF80" | 4.2 || style="background: #00DF70" | 8.0 || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.0 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 6.5 || style="background: #00FF80" | 4.1 || style="background: #00DF70" | 8.5 || style="background: #30BF70" | 10.4 || style="background: #00DF70" | 8.4 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 6.9 || style="background: #30BF70" | 14.1 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.9
|-
! Berne || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.2 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.9 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 5.9 || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.5 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.3 || style="background: #30BF70" | 12.9 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.4 || style="background: #00DF70" | 8.5 || style="background: #30BF70" | 13.6 || style="background: #30BF70" | 10.8
|-
! Lucerne || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.3 || style="background: #00DF70" | 8.1 || style="background: #00DF70" | 8.0 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.8 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.5 || style="background: #00DF70" | 8.3 || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.1 || style="background: #30BF70" | 12.2 || style="background: #00DF70" | 8.1
|-
! Uri || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #009F50" | 30.6 || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #009F50" | 26.3 || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | *
|-
! Schwyz || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #00FF80" | 3.4 || style="background: #00FF80" | 3.8 || style="background: #80FFBF" | 1.4 || style="background: #80FFBF" | 2.6 || style="background: #80FFBF" | 2.7
|-
! Obwalden || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | *
|-
! Nidwalden || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #00BF60" | 19.6 || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | *
|-
! Glarus || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #80FFBF" | 2.7 || style="background: #BFBFBF" | *
|-
! Zug || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #00BF60" | 17.0 || style="background: #00BF60" | 15.4 || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.2 || style="background: #00BF60" | 19.2 || style="background: #00BF60" | 16.2
|-
! Fribourg || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #00FF80" | 4.2 || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #80FFBF" | 2.3 || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #00FF80" | 4.0 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 6.3 || style="background: #00FF80" | 5.0 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 5.3 || style="background: #30BF70" | 12.5 || style="background: #30BF70" | 11.8
|-
! Solothurn || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.3 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 5.8 || style="background: #00FF80" | 4.9 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 6.0 || style="background: #00DF70" | 10.0 || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.5 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 5.6 || style="background: #30BF70" | 11.4 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.3
|-
! Basel-Stadt || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #80FFBF" | 1.1 || style="background: #00FF80" | 4.4 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 5.6 || style="background: #00DF70" | 8.7 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.2 || style="background: #30BF70" | 12.1 || style="background: #30BF70" | 13.4 || style="background: #30BF70" | 11.2 || style="background: #00BF60" | 17.7 || style="background: #00BF60" | 17.1
|-
! Basel-Landschaft || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #80FFBF" | 1.9 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 6.9 || style="background: #30BF70" | 11.0 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.5 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.2 || style="background: #30BF70" | 12.6 || style="background: #30BF70" | 13.8 || style="background: #30BF70" | 13.6 || style="background: #30BF70" | 14.2 || style="background: #00BF60" | 18.0 || style="background: #00DF70" | 10.0
|-
! Schaffhausen || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #00FF80" | 3.4 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 6.8 || style="background: #00FF80" | 4.8
|-
! Appenzell A.Rh. || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #38DF8B" | 6.4 || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | *
|-
! Appenzell I.Rh. || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | *
|-
! St. Gall || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #38DF8B" | 6.2 || style="background: #00FF80" | 4.9 || style="background: #00FF80" | 4.0 || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.1 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 6.4 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 6.4 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 5.7 || style="background: #30BF70" | 10.5 || style="background: #00DF70" | 8.7
|-
! The Grisons || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #00FF80" | 3.5 || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #80FFBF" | 2.2 || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #38DF8B" | 5.5 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 5.2
|-
! Aargau || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #38DF8B" | 6.8 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 5.3 || style="background: #00FF80" | 4.4 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 5.1 || style="background: #00DF70" | 8.1 || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.3 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 5.5 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.8 || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.1
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! Thurgau || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #38DF8B" | 5.9 || style="background: #30BF70" | 10.8 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.0 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.3 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 6.2 || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.9 || style="background: #30BF70" | 10.2 || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.0 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 5.4 || style="background: #30BF70" | 10.6 || style="background: #00DF70" | 8.5
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! Ticino || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #80FFBF" | 1.9 || style="background: #80FFBF" | 1.0 || style="background: #80FFBF" | 1.7 || style="background: #80FFBF" | 1.4 || style="background: #80FFBF" | 3.0 || style="background: #00FF80" | 4.8 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 6.7 || style="background: #00FF80" | 3.5 || style="background: #30BF70" | 12.1 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.1
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! Vaud || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #80FFBF" | 1.0 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 6.4 || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.0 || style="background: #00DF70" | 8.4 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 6.3 || style="background: #00FF80" | 4.1 || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.1 || style="background: #30BF70" | 11.3 || style="background: #30BF70" | 14.3 || style="background: #30BF70" | 11.6 || style="background: #30BF70" | 11.3 || style="background: #00BF60" | 19.7 || style="background: #30BF70" | 13.5
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! Valais || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #80FFBF" | 1.7 || style="background: #80FFBF" | 1.3 || style="background: #80FFBF" | 1.3 || style="background: #80FFBF" | 2.1 || style="background: #80FFBF" | 2.6 || style="background: #00FF80" | 3.9 || style="background: #00FF80" | 5.0 || style="background: #00FF80" | 4.9 || style="background: #30BF70" | 10.6 || style="background: #00DF70" | 8.4
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! Neuchâtel || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.4 || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.1 || style="background: #00DF70" | 8.0 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 5.9 || style="background: #30BF70" | 14.7 || style="background: #30BF70" | 13.8 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.4 || style="background: #30BF70" | 11.7 || style="background: #00DF70" | 9.3 || style="background: #009F50" | 20.8 || style="background: #00BF60" | 16.5
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! Geneva || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.6 || style="background: #30BF70" | 11.5 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 6.7 || style="background: #38DF8B" | 5.6 || style="background: #00DF70" | 8.2 || style="background: #30BF70" | 11.2 || style="background: #00BF60" | 16.4 || style="background: #30BF70" | 14.0 || style="background: #30BF70" | 11.5 || style="background: #009F50" | 24.6 || style="background: #00BF60" | 15.4
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! Jura || style="background: #BFBFBF" | {{ref|b|b}} || style="background: #BFBFBF" | {{ref|b|b}} || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #BFBFBF" | * || style="background: #30BF70" | 11.0 || style="background: #00DF70" | 7.3 || style="background: #00BF60" | 15.6 || style="background: #30BF70" | 11.1
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|}
:1.{{note|a|a}}* indicates that the party was not on the ballot in this canton.
:2.{{note|b|b}}Part of the Canton of Bern until 1979.

==Party presidents==
This is an incomplete list of the presidents of the Green Party since 1990:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gruene.ch/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/210208_geschichte_der_gruenen_d.pdf |title=Geschichte der GRÜNEN |last=GRÜNE Schweiz |date=1 November 2020 |website=GRÜNE Schweiz |access-date=2022-11-25 }}</ref>

* [[Irène Gardiol]] (1990–1992)
* [[Verena Diener]] (1992–1995)
* [[Hanspeter Thür]] (1995–1997)
* [[Ruedi Baumann]] (1997–2001)
* [[Patrice Mugny]] (co-president; 2001–2004)
* [[Ruth Genner]] (2001–2008; co-president until 2004)
* [[Ueli Leuenberger]] (2008–2012)
* [[Adèle Thorens Goumaz]] (co-president; 2012–2016)
* [[Regula Rytz]] (2012–2020; co-president until 2016)
* [[Balthasar Glättli]] (2020–2024)
* [[Lisa Mazzone]] (since 2024)

== See also ==
* [[Green party]]
* [[Green politics]]
* [[Environmental movement in Switzerland]]
* [[List of environmental organizations]]

== Notes and references ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[https://gruene.ch/ Official website] {{in lang|de}}
*[https://verts.ch/ Official website] {{in lang|fr}}
*[https://verditicino.ch/ Official website] {{in lang|it}}
*[http://swissgreens.blogspot.com Swiss Greens International]
* {{HDS|17413|Green Party}}

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