List of political parties in Switzerland
Federal and cantonal parliaments
The following parties are represented either in the Swiss Federal Assembly as of March 2016 or in cantonal parliaments and executive councils.

List of political parties in Switzerland

Section Title: Federal and cantonal parliaments
Table Section Text: The following parties are represented either in the Swiss Federal Assembly as of March 2016 or in cantonal parliaments and executive councils.

Party	Members in	Political ideology

Abbr.	Name	W	Leader	FC	CS	NC	C exec.	C leg.	Members

SVP/UDC	Swiss People's Party	[1]	Albert Rösti	2	5	65	23	590	90,000 (2015)	Right-wing, National conservatism, Economic liberalism

SPS/PSS	Social Democratic Party	[2]	Christian Levrat	2	12	43	28	459	30,000 (2015)	Centre-left to Left-wing, Social democracy

FDP/PLR	FDP.The Liberals	[3]	Petra Gössi	2	13	33	42	557	120,000 (2015)	Centre-right, Classical liberalism

CVP/PDC/PPD	Christian Democratic People's Party	[4]	Gerhard Pfister	1	13	27	40	435	100,000 (2015)	Centre to Centre-right, Christian democracy

BDP/PBD	Conservative Democratic Party	[5]	Martin Landolt	0	1	7	4	66	6,500 (2015)	Centre to Centre-right, Conservative liberalism

GPS/PES	Green Party	[6]	Regula Rytz	0	1	11	7	176	7,500 (2015)	Left-wing, Green politics

GLP/PVL	Green Liberal Party	[7]	Martin Bäumle	0	0	7	85	3,800 (2015)	Centrism, Green liberalism

EVP/PEV	Evangelical People's Party	[8]	Marianne Streiff	0	0	2	39	4,600 (2015)	Centre to Centre-left, Christian democracy

Lega	Ticino League	[9]	Attilio Bignasca	0	0	2	2	22	1,500 (2015)	Right-wing, Regionalism (TI)

MCG	Geneva Citizens' Movement	[10]	Ana Roch	0	0	1	1	20	1,500 (2015)	Right-wing, Regionalism (GE)

PdA/PST	Swiss Party of Labour	[11]	Norberto Crivelli	0	0	1	13	Far-left, Communism

CSP OW	Christian Social Party of Obwalden	[12]	Christian Schäli Sepp Stalder	0	0	1	1	7	250 (2015)	Centre-left, Christian left

CSP/PCS	Christian Social Party	[13]	Marius Achermann	0	0	0	1	15	1,500 (2011)	Centre-left, Christian left

EDU/UDF	Federal Democratic Union	[14]	Hans Moser	0	0	0	19	3,000 (2011)	Right-wing, Christian right

AL	Alternative Left	[15]	0	0	0	10	2,000 (2011)	Left-wing, Democratic socialism

Total	7	46*	200	154	2609

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The Green Liberal Party (pvl), abbreviated to glp, is a centrist green-liberal political party in Switzerland.

final_sentence: The Green Liberal Party (pvl), abbreviated to glp, is a centrist green-liberal political party in Switzerland.