list of political parties in switzerland

Political parties in Switzerland lists political parties in Switzerland. Switzerland has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

The parties

The general rule on naming applies. That means: the parties are named in the English translation and the original native name is placed on the first line of the article unless the native form is more commonly used in English than the English form. Rationale and specifics: See: .

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Abbr.	Name	W	President	F	S	N	Position
VP/PDC	Christian Democratic People's Party ⁴	http://www.cvp.ch	Doris Leuthard	1	15	28	Centre to Centre-right (christian-democratic)
DP/PRD	Free Democratic Party ⁵	http://www.fdp.ch	Fulvio Pelli	2	14	36	Centre (liberal)
PS/PSS	Social Democratic Party	http://www.sp-ps.ch	Hans-Jrg Fehr	2	9	52	Left to Centre-Left (social-democratic)
VP/UDC	Swiss People's Party	http://www.svp.ch	Ueli Maurer	2	8	55	Right (conservative)
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SP/PCS	Christian Social Party	http://www.pcs-csp.ch	Monika Bloch Sss	0	0	1	-
VP/PEV	Evangelical People's Party	http://www.evppev.ch	Ruedi Aeschbacher	0	0	3	Centre (christan-democratic)
PS	Freedom Party	http://www.freiheits-partei.ch		0	0	0	Strongly right (right-populist)
reens	Green Party	http://www.gruene.ch	Ruth Genner	0	0	13	Left (green)
PS/PLS	Liberal Party	http://www.liberal.ch	Claude Ruey	0	0	4	Centre (liberal)
D/DS	Party of Swiss Democrats			0	0	1	Strongly right (nationalist)
ega	Ticino League	http://www.legaticinesi.ch	Giuliano Bignasca	0	0	1	Strongly right (regionally right-populist)
DU/UDF	Federal Democratic Union	http://www.edu-udf.ch/		0	0	2	Strongly right (evangelical-conservative)
dA/PST	Workers' Party ⁶			0	0	2	Strongly left (socialist)

Notes: Federal Council since 2004; Council of States, 2003; National Council 2003 (members of party or caucus)⁴ Christan Democratic Party; ⁵ also rendered as: Radical Democratic Party, Freethinking Democratic Party, Radical Free Democratic Party or Liberal Democratic Party; ⁶ also renderend as Swiss Labour Party

Names in the national languages

Abbr.	Party	German language name	French	Italian	Romansh
CVP/PDC	Christian Democratic People's Party	Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz or CVP	Parti Dmocrate-Chrtien Suisse or PDC	Partito Democratico-Cristiano Popolare Svizzero or PDC	Partida Cristiandemocratica dalla Svizra or PCD
FDP/PRD	Free Democratic Party	Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei der Schweiz or FDP	Parti radical-dmocratique suisse or PRD	Partito Liberal-Radicale Svizzero or PLR
SPS/PSS	Social Democratic Party	Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz or SPS	Parti Socialiste Suisse or PSS	Partito Socialista Svizzero or PSS	Partida Socialdemocratica de la Svizra or PSS
SVP/UDC	Swiss People's Party	Schweizerische Volkspartei or SVP	Union Dmocratique du Centre or UDC	Unione Democratica del Centro or UDC	Uniun Democratica dal Center or UDC

CSP/PCS	Christian Social Party	Christlich-soziale Partei or CSP	Parti chrtien-social or PCS	-
EVP/PEV	Evangelical People's Party	Evangelische Volkspartei der Schweiz or EVP	Parti Evangelique Suisse or PEV	Partito Evangelico Svizzero or PEV
FPS	Freedom Party	Freiheits-Partei der Schweiz or FPS
Greens	Green Party	Grne Partei der Schweiz or Grne	Parti Ecologiste Suisse or Les Verts	Partito Ecologista Svizzero or I Verdi	Partida Ecologica Svizra or La Verda
LPS/PLS	Liberal Party	Liberale Partei der Schweiz or LPS	Parti liberal suisse or PLS	Partito Liberale Svizzero or PLS
SD/DS	Party of Swiss Democrats	Schweizer Demokraten or SD	Dmocrates Suisses or DS	Democratici Svizzeri or DS
Lega	Ticino League	n/a	n/a	Lega dei Ticinesi	n/a
EDU/UDF	Federal Democratic Union	Eidgenssisch-Demokratische Union or EDU	Union Dmocratique Fdrale or UDF	Unione Democratica Federale or UDF
PdA/PST	Workers' Party	Partei der Arbeit der Schweiz or PdAdS	Parti suisse du travail or PST	Partito Svizzero del Lavoro or PSdL

  also rendered as: Radical Democratic Party, Freethinking Democratic Party, Radical Free Democratic Party or Liberal Democratic Party

List Of Political Parties In Switzerland

The parties

Names in the national languages

See also