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Collective head of state: Federal Council Governing parties: SVP, SP, FDP, DIE MITTE
Legislative elections: National Council, 4-year term, 200 seats, party-list PR:

2023 2019 2015 2011
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Schweizerische Volkspartei (SVP)
Swiss People's Party
National conservatism
Right-wing populism
Economic liberalism
27,9 62 25,6 53 29,4 65 26,6 54
Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (SP)
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
Social democracy� 18,3 41 16,8 39 18,8 43 18,7 46
FDP.Die Liberalen (FDP)
FDP.The Liberals
Liberalism�� 14,3 28 15,1 29 16,4 33 15,1 30
Die Mitte (DIE MITTE)
The Centre
Christian democracy
Conservatism
14,1 29 - - - - - -
Gr�ne Partei der Schweiz (GPS)
Green Party of Switzerland
Green politics�� 9,8 23 13,2 28 7,1 11 8,4 15
Gr�nliberale Partei Schweiz (GLP)
Green Liberal Party Switzerland
Liberalism
Environmentalism�
7,6 10 7,8 16 4,6 7 5,4 12
Evangelische Volkspartei (EVP)
Evangelical People's Party
Christian democracy
Social conservatism
Evangelicalism
2,0 2 2,1 3 1,9 2 2,0 2
Eidgen�ssische Demokratische Union (EDU)
Federal Democratic Union
Christian right
National conservatism���
1,2 2 1,0 1 1,2 - 1,3 -
Partei der Arbeit der Schweiz (PdA)
Labour Party of Switzerland
Socialism
Communism�
0,7 - 1,0 1 0,6 1 0,5 -
Solidarit�s (SOL)
Solidarity
Socialism
Trotskyism�
1 0,5 - 0,3 -
Lega dei Ticinesi (LEGA)
League of Ticinesians
Regionalism
Right-wing populism�
0,6 1 0,8 1 1,0 2 0,8 2
Mouvement Citoyens Genevois (MCG)
Geneva Citizens' Movement
Regionalism
Right-wing populism�
0,5 2 0,2 - 0,3 1 0,4 1
Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei (CVP)
Christian Democratic People's Party
Christian democracy
Conservatism
- - 11,4 25 11,6 27 12,3 28
B�rgerlich-Demokratische Partei Schweiz (BDP)
Conservative Democratic Party Switzerland
Liberal conservatism�� - - 2,4 3 4,1 7 5,4 9
Christlich-Soziale Partei Obwalden (CSPOW)
Christian Social Party Obwalden
Regionalism
Christian democracy�
- - - - 0,4 1 0,4 1
Others 3,2 - 2,6 - 2,1 - 2,4 -
Total - 200 - 200 - 200 - 200
Turnout 46,6 45,1 48,4 48,6

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