2023 Swiss federal election

The next elections to elect all members of both houses of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland are expected to be held in 2023.

2023 Swiss federal election
2023
All 200 seats in the National Council
(101 seats needed for a majority)
All 46 seats in the Council of States
(24 seats needed for a majority)
PartyLeader Current seats
National Council
Swiss People's Marco Chiesa 53
Social Democrats C. Wermuth & M. Meyer 39
FDP.The Liberals Thierry Burkart 29
Greens Balthasar Glättli 28
The Centre Gerhard Pfister 28
Green Liberals Jürg Grossen 16
Evangelical People's Lilian Studer 3
Labour Gavriel Pinson 1
solidaritéS — 1
Federal Democrats Daniel Frischknecht 1
Ticino League A. Bignasca & B. Bignasca 1
Council of States
The Centre Gerhard Pfister 13
FDP.The Liberals Thierry Burkart 12
Social Democrats C. Wermuth & M. Meyer 9
Swiss People's Marco Chiesa 6
Greens Balthasar Glättli 5
Independent — 1
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Contesting parties

The table below lists contesting parties represented in the Federal Assembly before the election.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 2019 result
Votes (%) National Council Council of States
SVP / UDC Swiss People's Party National conservatism
Right-wing populism		 Marco Chiesa 25.6%
53 / 200
6 / 46
SP / PS Social Democratic Party Social democracy
Democratic socialism		 Mattea Meyer & Cédric Wermuth 16.8%
39 / 200
9 / 46
FDP / PLR FDP.The Liberals Liberalism
Conservative liberalism		 Thierry Burkart 15.1%
29 / 200
12 / 46
DM / LC The Centre Centrism
Social conservatism		 Gerhard Pfister 13.8%
28 / 200
13 / 46
GRÜNE / VERT-E-S Green Party Green politics
Progressivism		 Balthasar Glättli 13.2%
28 / 200
5 / 46
glp / pvl Green Liberal Party Green liberalism
Social liberalism		 Jürg Grossen 7.8%
16 / 200
0 / 46
EVP / PEV Evangelical People's Party Christian democracy
Social conservatism		 Lilian Studer 2.1%
3 / 200
0 / 46
PdA / PST Swiss Party of Labour Communism
Marxism		 Gavriel Pinson 1,0%
1 / 200
0 / 46
solidaritéS Solidarity Anti-capitalism
Trotskyism		 Collective leadership
1 / 200
0 / 46
EDU/UDF Federal Democratic Union Christian right
Right-wing populism		 Daniel Frischknecht 1.0%
1 / 200
0 / 46
LdT Ticino League Regionalism
Right-wing populism		 Antonella Bignasca & Boris Bignasca 0.8%
2 / 200
0 / 46

Opinion polls

Vote share
2021
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size		 SVP/
UDC		 SP/
PS		 FDP/
PLR		 DM/
LC		 GRÜNE/
VERTS		 glp/
pvl		 EVP/
PEV		 Others Lead
Tamedia 8–9 Dec 2021 19,324 27.0 16.2 15.4 13.3 11.7 10.2 – 6.2 10.8
Sotomo 29 Sep – 3 Oct 2021 27,976 26.6 15.8 14.6 13.3 13.2 9.8 2.1 5.6 10.8
1 Jan 2021 CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD merge into DM/LC
2020
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size		 SVP/
UDC		 SP/
PS		 FDP/
PLR		 GPS/
PES		 CVP/
PDC		 glp/
pvl		 BDP/
PBD		 EVP/
PEV		 Others Lead
Sotomo 23 Oct – 2 Nov 2020 19,620 24.1 16.8 15.1 12.2 11.9 9.8 1.9 2.6 5.6 7.3
2019 election 20 Oct 2019 – 25.6 16.8 15.1 13.2 11.4 7.8 2.4 2.1 5.6 8.8

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