Fraction of the Swiss People's Party in the Federal Assembly

Fraction of the Swiss People's Party in the Federal Assembly
Members:	62 (as of December 2019)
Share of voters:	> 27.34% (as of: National Council election 2019 )
National Council:	55 seats (27.5%)
Council of States:	7 seats (15.2%)
Group President:	Thomas Aeschi
Groupings:	Swiss People's Party Lega dei Ticinesi Federal Democratic Union 1 non-party
Website:	Group of the Swiss People's Party (V)

The parliamentary group of the Swiss People's Party of the Federal Assembly ( V ) / Groupe de l'Union démocratique du center l'Assemblée fédérale (V) / Gruppo dell'Unione democratica di Centro l'Assemblea federale (V) is a parliamentary group of the Swiss Federal Assembly . In parliament operation, the Group carries the abbreviation  V .

fraction

SVP parliamentary group room in the parliament building

The parliamentary group of the Swiss People's Party represents more than 27.34 percent of the vote ( 2019 elections ). It consists of 55 national councilors (NR) and 7 councils of states (SR): 53 national councils and 6 councils of states of the Swiss People's Party (SVP) , a national council of the Lega dei Ticinesi , a national council of the Federal Democratic Union (EDU) and the independent council of states Thomas Minder .

The joint parliamentary group of SVP, Lega and EDU is independent in its decisions from other party organs, but it is based on the goals and programs of the parties. The nomination of the SVP candidates for the Federal Council elections is the sole responsibility of the SVP parliamentary group.

Parliamentary group leader

Bureau

The parliamentary group president is Thomas Aeschi ( ZG / NR), the vice-presidents are Michaël Buffat ( VD / NR), Céline Amaudruz ( GE / NR), Alfred Heer ( ZH / NR), Felix Müri ( ZH / NR) and Hannes Germann ( SH / SR).

Members of the SVP parliamentary group in 1996, Toni Brunner in the middle, Ueli Maurer in the back right

composition

Legislature	Years	Members	Council of States	National Council	Share of votes NO
51.	2019-2023	62	7th	55	> 27.34%
50.	2015-2019	74	6th	68	29.4%
49.	2011-2015	63	6th	57	26.6%

Web links

• Group of the Swiss People's Party on the website of the Swiss People's Party
• Group of the Swiss People's Party on the website of the Swiss Parliament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} party strengths. Federal Statistical Office, accessed on December 30, 2019 . 
2. ↑ National Council elections: Overview Switzerland. Federal Statistical Office, October 18, 2015, accessed on December 16, 2015 . 
3. ↑ National Council elections: Overview Switzerland. Federal Statistical Office, accessed on December 16, 2015 .