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  Swiss Greens
POLITICAL PARTY DETAILS
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AbbreviationGPS
Websitehttps://gruene.ch/
CountrySwitzerland
Established1983-05-28
Disbanded0000-00-00
ContributorBob
Last EditedBojicat - July 03, 2023 01:17pm
DescriptionLeft-of-center federation of 23 cantonal parties officially renamed the "The Swiss GREENS" (Greens in all caps in the French and Italian versions) in March 2021 (Les VERTES suisses; VERDI svizzeri [Link] and GRÜNE Schweiz in 2014. Party was predominantly a northern, German-speaking environmentalist party until 2003, when it started to see gains in the French-speaking west (particularly, in the cantons of Geneva, Vaud and Neuchâtel) and moved to the left on social/political issues unrelated to traditional "green" tenets or aims. Party reached its highest level after Federal legislative elections held on October 20, 2019, taking 28 out of 200 seats in the National Council and breaking through the Council of States to take 5 out of 46 seats. Party has been led since June 2019 by National Council member Balthasar Glättli, a strong proponent of 'basic income' theories who took over in June 2004 the Zurich chapter of The Greens from Jürg Grossen when he departed to form the rival Liberal Greens party [old name in common use: Parti écologiste suisse (Les Verts); Grüne Partei der Schweiz (Grüne); Partito ecologista svizzero (I Verdi)].

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MOST RECENT RACES
12/13/2023 Swiss Federal Council A Gerhard Andrey Lost 0.00% (-54.69%)
12/13/2023 Swiss Federal Council D Gerhard Andrey Lost 24.69% (-45.19%)
12/13/2023 Swiss Federal Council G Gerhard Andrey Lost 6.70% (-71.88%)
12/13/2023 Swiss Federal Council C Gerhard Andrey Lost 10.65% (-59.26%)
10/22/2023 Swiss Council of States - Party Standings Swiss Greens Lost 6.52% (-26.09%)
10/22/2023 Swiss National Council - Party Standings Swiss Greens Lost 11.50% (-19.50%)
10/22/2023 Swiss National Council - Popular Vote Swiss Greens Lost 9.78% (-18.19%)
12/11/2019 Swiss Federal Council D Regula Rytz Lost 34.45% (-26.47%)
12/11/2019 Swiss Federal Council C Regula Rytz Lost 5.96% (-82.11%)
11/10/2019 VD Council of States - Second Round Adèle Thorens Goumaz Won 33.81% (+0.00%)
10/20/2019 FR Council of States Gerhard Andrey Lost 13.01% (-16.72%)
10/20/2019 Swiss National Council - Seat Distribution Swiss Greens Lost 14.00% (-12.50%)
10/20/2019 Swiss Council of States - Party Standings Swiss Greens Lost 10.87% (-17.39%)
10/20/2019 Swiss National Council - Popular Vote Swiss Greens Lost 13.22% (-12.41%)
11/08/2015 VD Council of States - Second Round Luc Recordon Lost 31.97% (-2.77%)
10/18/2015 Swiss National Council Swiss Greens Lost 5.50% (-27.00%)
10/18/2015 Swiss National Council - Popular Vote Swiss Greens Lost 7.06% (-22.37%)
12/14/2011 Swiss Federal Council B Luc Recordon Lost 5.75% (-64.60%)
12/04/2011 Switzerland Council of States Swiss Greens Lost 4.35% (-23.91%)
11/13/2011 VD Council of States - Second Round Luc Recordon Won 26.44% (+0.00%)