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The Swiss People's Party (German: Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; Romansh: Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (French: Union démocratique du centre, UDC; Italian: Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a national-conservative [13] [14] and right-wing populist [15] political party in Switzerland.
The Swiss People's Party group (German: Fraktion der Schweizerischen Volkspartei, French: Groupe de l'Union Démocratique du Centre, Italian: Gruppo dell'Unione democratica di Centro, abbreviated V) is the largest parliamentary group in the Swiss Federal Assembly.
15 +2 FDP.The Liberals 11 −1 Social Democrats 9 0 Swiss People's 6 0 Greens 3 −2 Geneva Citizens' 1 +1 Green Liberals 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. National Council This article is part of a series on the Politics of Switzerland Constitution Human rights Federal Council Members (by seniority) Beat Jans Guy Parmelin Ignazio Cassis Viola Amherd ...
The formula was followed from 1959 to 2003 and in a different composition between 2003 and 2007 and again since 2015. Since 2016 the composition has been: SVP 2 seats, SP 2 seats, FDP 2 seats, and Die Mitte (succeeding the CVP) 1 seat. Federal councillors are traditionally re-elected until they step down; only four have ever lost re-election. [6]
Political positions of the Swiss political parties based on their referendum voting recommendations, 1985–90 and 2010–14 This is a list of political parties in Switzerland . Switzerland has a multi-party system .
Although Swiss political parties tended to lack dominant national leaders, Blocher became the de facto leader of the national SVP and one of the most famous Swiss politicians. [27] In 1991, the party for the first time became the strongest party in Zürich, with 20.2% of the vote. [28]
The SVP selected two candidates, both from German Switzerland and from the two most-populated cantons: [3] Albert Rösti (SVP-BE), National councillor for Bern (2011–) and former president of the Swiss People's Party (2016–2020) Hans-Ueli Vogt (SVP-ZH), Former national councillor for Zürich (2015–2021)
The SVP, SP, FDP, GLP, Greens, and Mitte all ran full slates of 180 candidates, while the EVP (177 candidates), AL (139), EDU (132), and Aufrecht/Free List (132) also ran in all 18 constituencies. The Party of Labour (23 candidates) only contests in the constituencies of the city of Zürich, and the lists Yes to stop growth and ...