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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 ' or "magic formula". This arithmetic formula divides the seven cabinet seats among representatives of the four largest parties.

Political parties in Switzerland

Federal and cantonal parliaments

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The following parties are represented in the Swiss Federal Assembly or cantonal parliaments and executive councils as of 2024. 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: For Swiss political party strength on the municipal level, see here:

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! colspan="4" rowspan="2" |Party

! rowspan="2" |Leader

! rowspan="2" |Main ideology

! rowspan="2" |Position

! colspan="5" | Members in

|-- class="expand-child"

! style="max-width:6em;" | Federal<br/>Council

! style="max-width:6em;" | Council of<br/>States

! style="max-width:6em;" | National<br/>Council

! style="max-width:6em;" | Cantonal<br/>executives

! style="max-width:6em;" | Cantonal<br/>legislatures

|--

| width=5px style="background-color: " |

| 50px

| SVP/UDC

| Swiss People's Party

| Marco Chiesa

| style="text-align:center;" | National conservatism

| style="text-align:center;" | Right-wing

| || || || ||

|--

| style="background-color: " |

| 50px

| SP/PS

| Social Democratic Party

| Cédric Wermuth<br/>Mattea Meyer

| style="text-align:center;" | Social democracy

| style="text-align:center;" | Centre-left

| || || || ||

|--

| style="background-color: " |

| 50px

| FDP/PLR

| FDP.The Liberals

| Thierry Burkart

| style="text-align:center;" | Classical liberalism

| style="text-align:center;" | Centre to<br/>centre-right

| || || || ||

|--

| style="background-color: " |

| 50px

| DM/LC/<wbr/>AdC

| The Centre

| Gerhard Pfister

| style="text-align:center;" | Christian democracy

| style="text-align:center;" | Centre to<br/>centre-right

| || || || ||

|--

| colspan="12" |

|--

| style="background-color: " |

|50px

| GPS/PES

| Green Party

| Balthasar Glättli

| style="text-align:center;" | Green politics

| style="text-align:center;" | Centre-left<br/>to left-wing

| || || || ||

|--

| style="background-color: " |

| 50px

| GLP/PVL

| Green Liberal Party

| Jürg Grossen

| style="text-align:center;" | Green liberalism

| style="text-align:center;" | Centre

| || || || ||

|--

| style="background-color: " |

| 50px

| EVP/PEV

| Evangelical People's Party

| Lilian Studer

| style="text-align:center;" | Christian democracy

| style="text-align:center;" | Centre

| || || || ||

|-

| style="background-color: " |

|

| Lega

| Ticino League

| Attilio Bignasca

| style="text-align:center;" | Ticino regionalism

| style="text-align:center;" | Right-wing

| || || || ||

|-

| style="background-color: " |

| 50px

| CSP OW

| Christian Social Party of Obwalden

| Christian Schäli<br/>Sepp Stalder

| style="text-align:center;" | Christian left

| style="text-align:center;" | Centre-left

| || || || ||

|-

| style="background-color: " |

| 50px

| PdA/PST/<wbr/>POP

| Swiss Party of Labour

| Norberto Crivelli

| style="text-align:center;" | Communism

| style="text-align:center;" | Left-wing<br/>to far-left

| || || || ||

|-

| style="background-color: " |

| 50px

| MCG

| Geneva Citizens' Movement

| Ana Roch

| style="text-align:center;" | Geneva regionalism

| style="text-align:center;" | Right-wing

| || || || ||

|-

| style="background-color: " |

| 50px

|Sol

|Solidarity

|–

| style="text-align:center;" | Anti-capitalism

| style="text-align:center;" | Left-wing<br/>to far-left

| || || || ||

|-

| style="background-color: " |

| 50px

| EDU/UDF

| Federal Democratic Union

| Hans Moser

| style="text-align:center;" | Right-wing populism

| style="text-align:center;" | Right-wing

| || || || ||

|-

| style="background-color: " |

|

| CSP/PCS

| Christian Social Party

| Marius Achermann

| style="text-align:center;" | Christian left

| style="text-align:center;" | Centre-left

| || || || ||

|-

| style="background-color: " |

| 50px

| AL-ZH

| Alternative List

| –

| style="text-align:center;" | Socialism

| style="text-align:center;" | Left-wing

| || || || ||

|-

| style="background-color: " |

| 50px

| AL-BE

| Alternative Left Bern

| –

| style="text-align:center;" | Democratic socialism

| style="text-align:center;" | Left-wing

| || || || ||

|-- class="sortbottom table-rh"

! colspan="7" |Total

| 7 || 46 || 200 || 154

| label_type = Party

| data_type = Number of elected representatives at the federal, cantonal and communal levels

| bar_width = 35

| width_units = em

| data_max = 2100

| label1 = FDP.The Liberals

| data1 = 2011

| label2 = Social Democratic Party

| data2 = 1863

| label3 = Swiss People's Party

| data3 = 1511

| label4 = Christian Democratic Party

| data4 = 1205

| label5 = Conservative Democratic Party

| data5 = 173

See also

  • Politics of Switzerland
  • List of political parties by country

Notes

References

Bibliography

  • Pierre Cormon, Swiss Politics for Complete Beginners, Editions Slatkine, 2014.
  • Federal Chancellery