Federal and Cantonal Parliaments
The following parties are represented either in the Swiss Federal Assembly or in cantonal parliaments:
| Party | Members in | Political Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbr. | Name | W | Leader | FC | CS | NC | Cantons | Members | (Ideology) | |
| SVP/UDC | Swiss People's Party |
Toni Brunner | 1 | 5 | 54 | 539 | 90,000 | Right-wing populism, National conservatism, Conservative liberalism | ||
| SPS/PSS | Social Democratic Party |
Christian Levrat | 2 | 11 | 46 | 455 | 35,000 | Centre-left, Social democracy | ||
| FDP/PLR | FDP.The Liberals |
Fulvio Pelli | 2 | 11 | 30 | 554 | 130,000 | Centre-right, Classical liberalism | ||
| CVP/PDC/PPD | Christian Democratic People's Party |
Christophe Darbellay | 1 | 13 | 28 | 476 | 100,000 | Centrism, Christian democracy | ||
| BDP/PBD | Conservative Democratic Party |
Hans Grunder | 1 | 1 | 9 | 80 | 6,500 | Centre-right, Conservative liberalism | ||
| GPS/PES | Green Party |
Ueli Leuenberger | 0 | 2 | 15 | 189 | 6,500 | Centre-left, Green politics | ||
| GLP/PVL | Green Liberal Party |
Martin Bäumle | 0 | 2 | 12 | 69 | 2,700 | Centrism, Green liberalism | ||
| EVP/PEV | Evangelical People's Party |
Heiner Studer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 4,800 | Centrism, Christian democracy | ||
| CSP/PCS | Christian Social Party |
Marius Achermann | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1,500 | Centre-left, Christian left | ||
| Lega | Ticino League |
Giuliano Bignasca | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 1,500 | Right-wing, Regionalism (TI) | ||
| EDU/UDF | Federal Democratic Union |
Hans Moser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3,000 | Right-wing, Evangelicalism | ||
| AL | Alternative Left |
0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2,000 | Left-wing, Democratic socialism | |||
| SLB/MSL | Social Liberal Movement |
Samuel Schmid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Social conservatism | |||
| MCG | Geneva Citizens' Movement |
Éric Stauffer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | Right-wing, Regionalism (GE) | |||
| PdA/PST | Swiss Party of Labour |
Norberto Crivelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Left-wing, Communism | |||
| Sol | solidaritéS |
0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Democratic socialism | ||||
| SD/DS | Swiss Democrats |
Bernhard Hess | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Right-wing, National conservatism | |||
| Total | 7 | 46* | 200 | 2559 | ||||||
Notes: ¹ Federal Council since 2009; ² Council of States, 2011; ³ National Council 2011; * Including one independent member of the Council of States (Thomas Minder)
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