Catholic People's Party of Switzerland
The Catholic People's Party of Switzerland is a Swiss party based on Catholic social teaching .
It was founded on November 26, 1994 under the name "Christian Conservative People's Party" (CKP) in Zurich. The German name was changed in 1995 to "Catholic People's Party". The party members consist of former members of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP), which was itself called the Catholic People's Party from 1894 to 1912, and previously non-party Christians.
The KVP politicizes according to Catholic social doctrine. A main basis of their politics is natural law . That is why it sees itself as a Christian social party with stable values and respect for creation. Her core themes are life, family, poverty and religious policy. The CIP was represented in the cantons of Aargau , Lucerne , St. Gallen , Thurgau and Zurich until 2008/2009 . As part of the controversy on the popular initiative « Against the building of minarets », the party passed the no slogan. This brought her a loss of membership of around a third. The former cantonal sections have been converted into offices since 2009.
Election results
The KVP ran for elections for the Swiss National Council between 1995 and 2007 . In all four elections it presented an election proposal in the canton of Thurgau, in 1995 and 2007 also in the canton of Aargau, and in 2003 and 2007 in the canton of St.Gallen. The CIP was far from winning a seat; it never got more than 2000 votes or a percentage of the vote of one per thousand .
Votes and voter share of the CIP in the National Council elections at Swiss and cantonal level:
| year | Switzerland (%) | Aargau | St. Gallen | Thurgau | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1,810 | 0.10% | 976 | 0.7% | no participation | 842 | 1.4% | |
| 1999 | 569 | 0.03% | no participation | no participation | 569 | 0.9% | ||
| 2003 | 937 | 0.04% | no participation | 511 | 0.4% | 426 | 0.7% | |
| 2007 | 1,102 | 0.05% | 525 | 0.3% | 525 | 0.2% | 265 | 0.4% |
The KVP ran for cantonal parliaments in 1996 in the canton of Thurgau (0.6%), in 1997 in Aargau (0.3%) and again in 2004 in Thurgau and in the canton of St. Gallen (0.1% each in both cantons).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Yearbook Swiss Politics 1996 ed. from the Institute for Political Science at the University of Bern
- ↑ Yearbook Swiss Politics 1997 , ed. from the Institute for Political Science at the University of Bern
- ↑ Yearbook Swiss Politics 2004 , ed. from the Institute for Political Science at the University of Bern