Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
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It was founded in 1919 as the People's Party.
In 2003, it hold 3 mandates (out of 200) in the Swiss National Council (first chamber of the Swiss parliament). It was neither represented in the second chamber nor in the Swiss Federal Council (executive body). By 2005, it hold 2,4% of the seats in the Swiss Cantonal parliaments, but was not represented in any of the 26 Cantonal governments (index "BADAC", weighted with the population and number of seats).
External links
- [Party website] - in German
- * [English version of introductory page]
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