Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland

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political party

The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland was a centrist, Christian-democratic political party that played a significant role in Swiss federal politics before merging into The Centre in 2021.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland canonical	4
Chrëschtlech-Sozial Vollekspartei	3
Catholic Conservative Party of Switzerland	1
Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz	1
Parti démocrate-chrétien suisse	1
Partida cristiandemocratica Svizra	1
Partito Popolare Democratico Svizzero	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5544821 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
Context triple: [Sepp Blatter, politicalAffiliation, Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland]

A. Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party is a right-wing populist and conservative political party in Switzerland known for its strong stances on immigration, national sovereignty, and Euroscepticism.
B. Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is a major center-left political party advocating social justice, workers’ rights, and progressive social policies within the Swiss federal political system.
C. Christian Democratic Party
The Christian Democratic Party is a Norwegian centrist political party rooted in Christian democratic and socially conservative values, emphasizing family policy, social welfare, and human rights.
D. Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is a left-wing political party that focuses on environmental protection, social justice, and sustainable development within the Swiss political system.
E. Christian Democratic Union
The Christian Democratic Union is a major center-right political party in Germany that has frequently led federal governments and shaped the country’s postwar political landscape.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
Target entity description: The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland was a centrist, Christian-democratic political party that played a significant role in Swiss federal politics before merging into The Centre in 2021.

A. Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party is a right-wing populist and conservative political party in Switzerland known for its strong stances on immigration, national sovereignty, and Euroscepticism.
B. Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is a major center-left political party advocating social justice, workers’ rights, and progressive social policies within the Swiss federal political system.
C. Christian Democratic Party
The Christian Democratic Party is a Norwegian centrist political party rooted in Christian democratic and socially conservative values, emphasizing family policy, social welfare, and human rights.
D. Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is a left-wing political party that focuses on environmental protection, social justice, and sustainable development within the Swiss political system.
E. Christian Democratic Union
The Christian Democratic Union is a major center-right political party in Germany that has frequently led federal governments and shaped the country’s postwar political landscape.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political party ⓘ
abbreviation	CVP ⓘ PDC ⓘ PPD ⓘ
color	orange ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
dissolved	2021 ⓘ
electoralLevel	cantonal ⓘ federal ⓘ municipal ⓘ
founded	1912 ⓘ
hadMemberInOffice	Federal Councillor ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Bern ⓘ
ideology	Christian democracy ⓘ
languageUsed	French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Romansh ⓘ
membershipType	individual members ⓘ
mergedInto	The Centre (Switzerland) ⓘ
nativeLabel	Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz ⓘ linked to: Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Parti démocrate-chrétien suisse ⓘ linked to: Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Partida cristiandemocratica Svizra ⓘ linked to: Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Partito Popolare Democratico Svizzero ⓘ linked to: Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
notableRole	long-time governing party in Swiss federal politics ⓘ
operatedAs	catch-all party ⓘ
operatedIn	20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ
participatedIn	Swiss Federal Council ⓘ Swiss federal elections ⓘ
policyFocus	European integration ⓘ family policy ⓘ federalism ⓘ social market economy ⓘ
politicalPosition	centre ⓘ
politicalSpectrum	centre to centre-right ⓘ
predecessor	Catholic Conservative Party of Switzerland ⓘ linked to: Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
representedIn	Council of States of Switzerland ⓘ linked to: Swiss Federal Assembly Federal Assembly of Switzerland ⓘ linked to: Swiss Federal Assembly National Council of Switzerland ⓘ linked to: Swiss Federal Assembly
representedInterest	Catholic population in Switzerland ⓘ Christian social teaching ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
status	defunct political party ⓘ
successor	The Centre (Switzerland) ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sepp Blatter → politicalAffiliation → Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland ⓘ

The Centre (Switzerland) → formedByMergerOf → Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland ⓘ

The Centre (Switzerland) → hasPredecessor → Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland ⓘ

Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland → nativeLabel → Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz ⓘ