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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 Zauberformel or "magic formula". This arithmetic formula divides the seven cabinet seats among representatives of the four largest parties. [1]
Switzerland has a multi-party system with numerous parties. A highly unique characteristic of Switzerland is that all executives, from the federal level to even the smallest town at the municipal level, are led by a collective body of individuals (versus a single President or Prime Minister as in other countries).
In recent years, Switzerland has seen a gradual shift in the party landscape. The right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP), traditionally the junior partner in the four-party coalition government , more than doubled its voting share from 11.0% in 1987 to 22.5% in 1999, rising to 28.9% in 2007, thus overtaking its three coalition partners.
CHVote, from Geneva, is in use in cantons Vaud, Bern, Lucerne, Basel City, St Gallen and Aargau. The system is open-source software [16] licensed under the AGPL. But in 2018, Geneva decided to start to phase it out for cost reasons. [17] The other system is sVote from Swiss Post, proprietary but disclosed software developed by Scytl. [18]
Wikipedia categories named after political parties in Switzerland (11 C) Pages in category "Political parties in Switzerland" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
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.
Two popular initiatives for the introduction of a proportional voting system were rejected. The party's historical archives are hosted today by the Swiss Social Archives, which was founded in 1906 by Paul Pflüger. At a 1912 party conference in Neuchâtel, the question of women's suffrage was debated for the first time. The SP accepted a ...
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 ...