Poll: right-wing Swiss People's Party enjoys growing support among population

If national elections had been held in Switzerland last month, the right-wing Swiss People's Party would have won, and increased its share of votes by 2% compared to the 2023 federal elections, a recent survey shows. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to the Sotomo election barometer published on Monday, the People's Party would have received 29.9% of votes. This corresponds to an increase of 2 percentage points compared to the result of the 2023 federal elections, when the party had already gained 2.3 percentage points. The new survey found that the left-wing Social Democratic Party would have been Switzerland's second strongest party with 17.8% of votes, a drop of 0.5 percentage points. The centre-right Radical-Liberal Party and the Center Party would have maintained their results of 14.3% and 14.1%, respectively. In contrast, the left-wing Green Party would have dipped to 9.5% (-0.5) and the Green Liberals would also have fallen to 6.6% (-1).