style="text-align:right;" | 14 | style="text-align:right;" | 12 | style="text-align:right;" | 11 | style="text-align:right;" | 13 | style="text-align:right;" | 12 |- | style="background-color: " | | style="text-align:left;" |Social Democratic Party (SPS/PSS) | style="text-align:left;" | Social democracy | style="text-align:right;" | 9 | style="text-align:right;" | 9 | style="text-align:right;" | 11 | style="text-align:right;" | 12 | style="text-align:right;" | 9 |- | style="background-color: " | | style="text-align:left;" |Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) | style="text-align:left;" | National conservatism | style="text-align:right;" | 8 | style="text-align:right;" | 7 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | 6 |- | style="background-color: " | | style="text-align:left;" |Green Party (GPS/PES) | style="text-align:left;" | Green politics | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 |- | style="background-color: " | | style="text-align:left;" |Green Liberal Party (GLP/PVL) | style="text-align:left;" | Green liberalism | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | |- | style="background-color: " | | style="text-align:left;" |Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD) | style="text-align:left;" | Conservatism / Economic liberalism | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | |- | style="background-color: " | | style="text-align:left;" |Independent | style="text-align:left;" | Independent | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 |- |style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=3|Total |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 46 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 46 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 46 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 46 |width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 46 |} Population per seat The Council of States represents the federal nature of Switzerland: seats are distributed by state (canton), not by population. Most cantons send 2 representatives, while the historic half-cantons; Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landshaft, each send one. Consequently, the number of people represented by a single seat in the Council of State varies by a factor of 45.8, from 16,000 for the half-canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden to 733,050 for each of the two seats for the canton of Zurich. Notes: ¹ Population data from 2015 (). ² Relative representation compared to Zürich. Notes and references Notes See also List of members of the Swiss Council of States (2019–2023) List of presidents of the Swiss Council of States Cantonal Council References Bibliography External links Official website— The Swiss Parliament— The Law Collection: SR 17 Bundesbehörden/Autorités fédérales/Autorità federali— . 01 Switzerland)