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'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.

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The parties

Names in the national languages

See also

The parties

Party				Members in			Political Position
Abbr.	Name	Website	Leader	FC ¹	CS ²	NC ³	(Ideology)
CVP/PDC/PPD	Christian Democratic People's Party 4	[1] [2]	Christophe Darbellay	1	15	28	Centre (christian-democratic); in the cantons, centre-left to centre-right
FDP/PRD	Free Democratic Party 5	[3] [4]	Fulvio Pelli	2	14	36	Centre-right (liberal)
SP/PS	Social Democratic Party	[5]	Hans-Jürg Fehr	2	9	52	Left (social-democratic)
SVP/UDC	Swiss People's Party	[6]	Ueli Maurer	2	8	55	Right (conservative)
CSP/PCS	Christian Social Party	[7]	Monika Bloch Süss	0	0	1	Centre-left (christian-democratic)
EVP/PEV	Evangelical People's Party	[8]	Ruedi Aeschbacher	0	0	3	Centre (christian-democratic)
FPS	Freedom Party	[9]		0	0	0	Far-right (right-populist)
Greens	Green Party	[10]	Ruth Genner	0	0	13	Left (green)
LPS/PLS	Liberal Party	[11]	Claude Ruey	0	0	4	Center-right (liberal)
SD/DS	Swiss Democrats	[12]	Bernhard Hess	0	0	1	Far-right (nationalist)
Lega	Ticino League	[13]	Giuliano Bignasca	0	0	1	Right (regional populist-conservative)
EDU/UDF	Federal Democratic Union	[14]	Hans Moser	0	0	2	Right (evangelical-conservative)
PdA/PST	Swiss Labour Party 6	[15]	Alain Bringolf	0	0	2	Far-left (communist)
AL	Alternative List	[16]		0	0	1	Far-left (green-socialist)
Sol	Solidarities			0	0	1	Far-left (socialist)

Notes: ¹ Federal Council since 2004; ² Council of States, 2003; ³ National Council 2003; (members of party or caucus)  ⁴ also rendered as: ''Christian Democratic Party''; ⁵ also rendered as: ''Radical Democratic Party'', ''Freethinking Democratic Party'', ''Radical Free Democratic Party'' or ''Liberal Democratic Party'';  ⁶ also rendered: as ''Swiss Workers' Party''

Names in the national languages

Abbr.	Party	German name	French	Italian	Romansh
CVP/PDC	Christian Democratic People's Party	Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz or CVP	Parti Démocrate-Chrétien Suisse or PDC	Partito Popolare Democratico or PPD	Partida Cristian-democratica de la Svizra or PCD
FDP/PRD	Free Democratic Party	Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei der Schweiz or FDP	Parti radical-démocratique suisse or PRD	Partito Liberale Radicale or PLR	Partida liberaldemocrata de la Svizra or PLD
SPS/PSS	Social Democratic Party	Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz or SP	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 Démocratique du Centre or UDC	Unione Democratica di Centro or UDC	Partida Populara Svizra or PPS
CSP/PCS	Christian Social Party	Christlich-soziale Partei or CSP	Parti chrétien-social or PCS	Partito Cristiano Sociale or PCS	Partida cristiansociala de la Svizra or PCS
EVP/PEV	Evangelical People's Party	Evangelische Volkspartei der Schweiz or EVP	Parti Evangelique Suisse or PEV	Partito Evangelico or PE	Partida Evangelica Svizra or PEV
FPS	Freedom Party	Freiheits-Partei der Schweiz or FPS	Parti Suisse de la Liberté or PSL	Partito svizzero della Libertà or PSL	Partida Svizra da la Libertad or PSL
Greens	Green Party	Grüne Partei der Schweiz or Grüne	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 libéral suisse or PLS	Partito Liberale Svizzero or PLS	Partida liberal-conservativa Svizra or PLC
SD/DS	Swiss Democrats	Schweizer Demokraten or SD	Démocrates Suisses or DS	Democratici Svizzeri or DS	Democrats Svizzers or DS
Lega	Ticino League			Lega dei Ticinesi
EDU/UDF	Federal Democratic Union	Eidgenössisch-Demokratische Union or EDU	Union Démocratique Fédérale or UDF	Unione Democratica Federale or UDF	Uniun democrata federala or UDF
PdA/PST	Swiss Labour Party	Partei der Arbeit der Schweiz or PdA	Parti suisse du travail or PST	Partito del Lavoro or PdL	Partida svizra da la lavur or PSdL
AL	Alternative List	Alternative Liste
Sol.	Solidarities		Solidarités

Sources: The Swiss Federal Chancellery

See also

★ Index of political parties to browse parties by name

★ List of political parties to browse parties by country

★ List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name

★ Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals