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Parties and
Elections
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SWITZERLAND |
| Legislative elections:
National Council,
4-year term, party-list proportional representation system |
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· Head of State: Swiss Federal Council (collective head of state) · Government: SP, FDP,
CVP, SVP, BDP (SVP spin-off) |
| Party |
Ideology, Affiliation,
Founding |
2007 |
Seats |
2003 |
Seats |
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Schweizerische Volkspartei (SVP) 
Swiss People's
Party |
National conservatism;
Economic liberalism, Right wing populism |
-
1971 |
29,0% |
62 |
26,6% |
55 |
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Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (SP)
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland |
Social democracy
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PESa, SI
1888 |
19,5% |
43 |
23,3% |
52 |
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Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei. Die Liberalen (FDP)
Freethinking Democratic Party. The Liberals |
Liberalism
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ELDR, LI
2009 (pred.
1893) |
15,6% |
31 |
17,3% |
36 |
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Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei (CVP)
Christian Democratic
People's Party |
Christian democracy
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EPPa, CDI
1912 |
14,6% |
31 |
14,4% |
28 |
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Grüne Partei der Schweiz (GPS)
Green
Party of Switzerland |
Green politics
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EGP, GG
1986 |
9,6% |
20 |
7,9% |
14 |
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Evangelische Volkspartei (EVP)
Evangelical
People's Party |
Christian democracy;
Social conservatism, Evangelicalism |
ECPM, CDI
1919 |
2,4% |
2 |
2,3% |
3 |
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Liberale Partei der Schweiz (LPS)
Liberal Party of
Switzerland (merged into FDP in 2009) |
Conservative
liberalism
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LI
1913 |
1,8% |
4 |
2,2% |
4 |
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Grünliberale Partei
Schweiz (GLP)
Green Liberal Party
Switzerland |
Green politics;
Social liberalism
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-
2007 |
1,4% |
3 |
- |
- |
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Eidgenössische Demokratische Union (EDU)
Federal Democratic
Union |
Christian right; National
conservatism, Social conservatism |
ECPM
1975 |
1,3% |
1 |
1,3% |
2 |
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Partei der Arbeit
der Schweiz (PdA)
Labour
Party of Switzerland |
Communism
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EL
1944 (pred.
1921) |
0,7% |
1 |
0,7% |
2 |
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Lega dei
Ticinesi (LdT)
League
of Ticinesians |
Regionalism;
Right-wing populism
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-
1991 |
0,5% |
1 |
0,4% |
1 |
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Schweizer Demokraten (SD)
Swiss
Democrats |
Nationalism;
Radical
right
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-
1961 |
0,5% |
- |
1,0% |
1 |
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Christlich-Soziale Partei (CSP)
Christian
Social Party |
Christian left;
Social democracy
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1997 |
0,4% |
1 |
0,4% |
1 |
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Solidarités
(S)
Solidarity |
Socialism;
Anti-capitalism,
Eco-socialism, Feminism |
EACL
1992 |
0,4% |
- |
0,5% |
1 |
| Others |
- |
- |
2,3% |
- |
1,7% |
- |
| Total |
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200 |
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200 |
| Turnout |
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48,8% |
45,2% |
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