In the run up to the 2023 Swiss federal election and the following Federal Council election, various organizations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention and public opinion in Switzerland. Results of such polls are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous general election, held on 20 October 2019, to the present day.

Electoral polling Graphical summary The chart below depicts opinion polls conducted for the 2023 Swiss federal election; trendlines are local regressions (LOESS).

Nationwide polling Since 2021 Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize SVP/UDC SP/PS FDP/PLR DM/LC Grüne/Verts GLP/PVL EVP/PEV EDU/UDF Others Lead 2023 election – 27.9 18.3 14.3 14.1 9.8 7.6 2.0 1.2 4.9 9.6 Sotomo 31,850 28.1 18.3 14.1 14.3 9.7 6.8 2.1 – 6.6 9.8 OpinionPlus 1,623 28.8 17.8 14.0 14.1 10.4 7.2 2.2 1.1 4.6 11.0 LeeWas 29,081 28.7 17.6 13.8 13.6 10.5 7.5 – – 8.3 11.1 Sotomo 40,889 27.6 17.3 14.6 14.8 10.7 7.3 2.1 – 5.6 10.3 LeeWas 25,688 27.9 17.3 14.3 13.9 10.7 8.2 – – 7.7 10.6 Sotomo 25,216 27.1 17.8 14.6 14.3 10.2 8.3 2.1 – 5.5 9.3 Sotomo 27,058 26.6 17.8 15.6 13.3 10.7 8.3 2.1 – 5.6 8.8 LeeWas 27,668 27.5 16.9 15.4 13.5 11.1 8.5 – – 7.1 10.6 Sotomo 21,038 26.1 16.3 16.1 13.3 11.7 9.3 2.1 – 5.1 9.8 LeeWas 26,298 25.9 16.2 16.4 13.4 11.8 9.2 – – 7.1 9.5 LeeWas 19,324 27.0 16.2 15.4 13.3 11.7 10.2 – – 6.2 10.8 Sotomo 27,976 26.6 15.8 14.6 13.3 13.2 9.8 2.1 – 5.6 10.8 CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD merge into DM/LC

2020 Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize SVP/UDC SP/PS FDP/PLR GPS/PES CVP/PDC GLP/PVL BDP/PBD EVP/PEV EDU/UDF Others Lead Sotomo 19,620 24.1 16.8 15.1 12.2 11.9 9.8 1.9 2.6 – 5.6 7.3 2019 election – 25.6 16.8 15.1 13.2 11.4 7.8 2.4 2.1 1.0 4.6 8.8

Regional polling (National Council) Language regions German-speaking Switzerland Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize SVP SP DM FDP Grüne GLP Others Lead Sotomo 31.0 17.3 15.4 12.4 8.8 7.8 7.3 13.7 Sotomo 31.0 16.8 15.4 12.9 9.8 7.8 6.3 12.7 2019 election – 29.0 16.3 14.4 13.4 11.8 8.8 6.3 8.8

French-speaking Switzerland Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize PLR PS Verts UDC LC PVL Others Lead Sotomo 19.1 21.6 13.5 19.3 10.8 5.7 10.0 2.3 Sotomo 19.6 20.1 14.5 18.8 11.3 6.2 9.5 0.5 2019 election – 20.1 19.1 18.5 16.3 10.8 5.7 9.5 1.0

Canton of Aargau (16 seats) Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize SVP SP FDP DM Grüne GLP EVP EDU Others Lead 2023 election – 35.5 16.4 13.1 12.0 7.1 8.5 4.5 1.0 1.2 19.1 OpinionPlus 1,458 34.9 17.1 13.1 13.3 7.7 8.2 3.5 1.0 1.2 17.8 OpinionPlus 1,610 34.6 16.7 13.2 13.1 7.4 9.4 3.6 0.9 1.1 17.9 2019 election – 31.5 16.5 13.6 13.0 9.8 8.5 3.6 1.0 2.5 15.0

Canton of the Grisons (5 seats) Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize SVP/UDC DM/AdC SP/PS FDP/PLR GLP Grüne/Verdi/Verda EVP EDU Others Lead 2023 election – 30.6 23.9 17.8 13.7 6.3 5.2 1.0 1.2 0.3 6.7 OpinionPlus 1,512 30.4 25.5 17.4 13.4 6.9 4.5 1.0 0.5 0.4 4.9 2019 election – 29.9 25.4 17.1 13.6 8.3 5.5 – – 0.2 4.5

Canton of Lucerne (9 seats) Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize DM SVP FDP SP Grüne GLP Others Lead 2023 election – 27.9 26.5 15.4 13.7 8.1 6.5 1.9 1.4 OpinionPlus 1,338 25.0 28.0 15.1 14.0 10.0 6.8 1.1 3.0 2019 election – 25.5 24.7 15.6 13.5 12.2 7.1 1.3 0.8

Canton of Solothurn (6 seats) Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize SVP FDP SP DM Grüne GLP EVP MASS-VOLL Others Lead 2023 election – 28.7 17.4 17.2 17.9 9.3 6.0 1.5 2.0 – 10.8 OpinionPlusAug/Sep 2023 >1,100 29.1 17.8 19.2 17.0 6.8 7.2 1.2 1.3 0.4 9.9 2019 election – 25.9 18.5 18.4 16.2 11.4 6.8 1.2 – 1.5 7.4

Canton of Thurgau (6 seats) Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize SVP DM SP FDP Grüne GLP EDU EVP Lead 2023 election – 40.3 15.3 10.2 10.7 8.5 6.6 2.8 2.4 25.0 OpinionPlus 1,255 39.8 14.7 13.1 11.3 8.3 7.6 2.6 2.6 25.1 2019 election – 36.7 15.0 12.6 11.5 10.6 8.1 2.8 2.7 21.7

Canton of Valais (8 seats) Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize LC/DM Neo UDC/SVP PLR/FDP PS/SP Verts/Grüne PVL/GLP Others Lead 2023 election – 30.4 5.0 24.5 14.7 14.3 8.4 2.0 0.7 5.9 Sotomo 3,367 28.5 5.8 21.8 16.0 16.6 7.1 1.3 2.9 6.7 2019 election – 27.5 7.3 19.8 16.5 15.1 10.6 1.0 1.5 7.7

Canton of Zurich (36 seats) Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize SVP SP Grüne GLP FDP DM EVP AL EDU Others Lead 2023 election – 27.4 21.1 9.9 12.4 12.5 8.1 2.8 1.0 1.5 2.5 6.3 OpinionPlus 917 29.6 20.4 9.9 12.6 13.8 6.4 3.2 1.6 1.7 0.8 9.2 OpinionPlus 867 29.1 20.1 9.1 13.5 14.0 6.6 3.4 1.6 1.4 1.2 9.0 2019 election – 26.7 17.3 14.1 14.0 13.7 6.0 3.3 1.9 1.6 1.4 9.4

Council of States polling Canton of Aargau (2 seats) Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize BurkartFDP GiezendannerSVP BinderDM SuterSP KälinGrüne PortmannGLP StuderEVP Lead 2023 election (first round) – 52.2 42.6 23.9 25.6 19.0 10.2 8.1 9.6 OpinionPlus 1,458 45 31 27 28 22 16 7 14 OpinionPlus 1,610 38.3 25.6 20.7 15.8 17.8 12.3 4.4 12.7 2019 election (first round) – 43.4 38.2(Knecht) 30.4 29.1(Wermuth) 21.4(Müri) 12.2(Flach) 5.2(Frauchiger) 5.2

Canton of Berne (2 seats)

Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize WasserfallenSP/PS PulverG/V SalzmannSVP/UDC L. HessDM/LC S. HessFDP/PLR GrossenGLP/PVL JostEVP/PEV Lead 2023 election (first round) – 42.6 26.1 42.4 11.1 25.0 19.6 7.6 0.2 LeeWas 5,232 34 25 42 17 14 20 6 8 2019 election (first round) – 40.0(Stöckli) 39.3(Rytz) 39.2 24.9(Simon) 20.3(Markwalder) 15.8(Bertschy) 7.9(Streiff) 0.7

Canton of the Grisons (2 seats) Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize EnglerDM SchmidFDP Others Lead 2023 election (first round) – 77.2 67.8 11.5 9.4 OpinionPlus 1,512 37 35 12 2 2019 election (first round) – 52.8 46.8 6.0

Canton of Lucerne (2 seats)

Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize MüllerFDP GmürDM HallerSVP SpringGrüne RothSP FischerGLP Lead 2023 election (first round) – 53.7 50.7 23.5 21.2 22.1 7.2 3.0 OpinionPlus 1,338 33.0 28.0 17.0 10.0 14.0 14.0 5.0 2019 election (first round) – 50.2 41.9 29.3(Grüter) 23.2(Frey) 22.7 7.1(Graber) 8.3

Canton of Solothurn (2 seats)

Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize BischofDM RothSP ImarkSVP WettsteinGrüne AnkliFDP KünzliGLP Lead 2023 election (first round) – 53.4 35.4 33.8 16.7 29.6 10.1 18.0 OpinionPlusAug/Sep 2023 >1,100 31.4 16.1 19.4 10.8 24.6 9.5 6.8 2019 election (first round) – 53.1 47.1(Zanetti) 30.8 24.9 22.6(Nünlist) – 6.0

Canton of Thurgau (2 seats)

Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize Häberli-KollerDM StarkSVP LeutholdGLP CorayInd. VietzeFDP SpiriAufrecht Lead 2023 election (first round) – 63.5 57.2 23.9 4.5 21.9 9.2 6.3 OpinionPlus 1,255 49 42 22 6 28 8 7 2019 election (first round) – 61.6 53.3 19.7(Fisch) 6.2 – – 8.3

Canton of Valais (2 seats) Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize RiederLC/DM MaretLC/DM BogiqiPS/SP NantermodPLR/FDP DessimozLV/G AddorUDC/SVP AlpigerPS/SP JansenPVL/GLP SalzmannPVL/GLP Lead 2023 election (first round) – 48.7 39.9 10.4 23.2 12.6 21.6 11.5 6.2 4.9 8.8 Sotomo 3,367 48 35 10 26 12 21 9 5 5 13 2019 election (first round) – 38.9 33.8 30.9(Reynard) 21.9 21.1(Wolf) 27.3 – – – 5.1

Canton of Zurich (2 seats) Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize JositschSP SauterFDP RutzSVP LeupiGrüne MoserGLP KutterDM GuggerEVP Lead 2023 election (first round) – 51.8 26.4 33.9 21.3 23.1 14.6 7.2 17.9 LeeWas 7,897 52 21 36 20 20 16 5 16 OpinionPlus 1,110 47 29 31 17 22 28 8 16 OpinionPlus 1,118 45 23 27 12 14 24 5 18 2019 election (first round) – 52.6 34.4(Noser) 26.1(Köppel) 23.1(Schlatter) 19.5 4.9(Barandun) 4.3 18.2

Seat predictions National Council Firm Publication SVP/UDC SP/PS FDP/PLR Grüne/Verts DM/LC GLP/PVL EVP/PEV PST-Sol EDU/UDF Lega MCG Others Lead 2023 election 62 41 28 23 29 10 2 0 2 1 2 0 21 NZZ 56 42 31 23 30 11 2 1 2 1 1 – 14 Tamedia 57 40 30 24 29 13 7 17 CH Media 55 39 31 24 32 12 2 1 2 2 – – 16 2019 election 53 39 29 28 28 16 3 2 1 1 0 0 14

Council of States

Firm Publication DM/LC FDP/PLR SP/PS SVP/UDC Grüne/Verts GLP/PVL MCG Ind. Lead 2023 election 15 11 9 6 3 1 1 0 4 Tamedia 14 15 6 6 4 – – 1 1 SRG 13–14 14–15 5–6 6–8 4–5 – – 1 0–2 2019 election 20 Oct – 24 Nov 2019 13 12 9 6 5 – – 1 1

Leadership polling Federal councilors approval Federal councilors are elected indirectly by the Federal Assembly, but opinion polls are held regularly to gauge their popular approval.

Average rating The table below lists opinion polling on leader ratings, on a 1–6 scale: 1 would stand for "absolutely inadequate", whereas 6 would stand for "excellent". Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize Maurer Sommaruga Berset Parmelin Cassis Amherd Keller-Sutter Rösti Baume-Schneider LeeWas 29,081 – – 4.09 3.69 3.49 4.09 3.94 3.99 3.31 LeeWas – – 4.15 3.77 3.57 4.17 3.89 4.02 3.42 LeeWas – – 3.92 3.84 3.69 4.22 4.09 3.89 3.64 Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council LeeWas 26,298 3.81 3.66 4.11 3.84 3.51 4.02 4.05 – – LeeWas 19,324 3.75 4.00 4.33 4.14 4.23 4.12 3.51 – –

Approval Swiss People's Party councilors Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize Question wording Ueli Maurer (SVP/UDC) Guy Parmelin (SVP/UDC) Albert Rösti (SVP/UDC) Yes No Neither Net Yes No Neither Net Yes No Neither Net Sotomo 23,207 Sympathy – 34 30 36 +4 48 28 24 +20 Sotomo 31,850 Sympathy – 32 31 37 +1 45 28 27 +17 Sotomo Sympathy – 36 28 36 +8 45 28 27 +17 Sotomo Sympathy – 34 31 35 +3 43 31 26 +12 Sotomo Sympathy – 39 27 35 +12 45 29 26 +16 Albert Rösti is elected to the Federal Council Sotomo Sympathy 38 39 22 −1 37 28 35 +9 – Sotomo 27,976 Sympathy 46 35 20 −11 42 24 34 +18 –

Social Democratic councilors Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize Question wording Simonetta Sommaruga (SP/PS) Alain Berset (SP/PS) Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (SP/PS) Yes No Neither Net Yes No Neither Net Yes No Neither Net Sotomo 23,207 Sympathy – 60 22 18 +38 43 29 28 +14 Sotomo 31,850 Sympathy – 58 25 17 +33 42 28 30 +14 Sotomo Sympathy – 59 24 17 +35 43 28 29 +15 Sotomo Sympathy – 52 27 21 +25 45 25 30 +20 Sotomo Sympathy – 55 26 18 +29 51 19 30 +32 Élisabeth Baume-Schneider is elected to the Federal Council Sotomo Sympathy 48 32 20 +16 54 27 19 +27 – Sotomo 27,976 Sympathy 52 31 17 +21 59 26 15 +33 –

FDP.The Liberals councilors Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize Question wording Ignazio Cassis (FDP/PLR) Karin Keller-Sutter (FDP/PLR) Yes No Neither Net Yes No Neither Net Sotomo 23,207 Sympathy 29 38 33 −9 42 28 30 +14 Sotomo 31,850 Sympathy 27 40 33 −13 41 30 29 +11 Sotomo Sympathy 30 38 32 −8 41 30 29 +11 Sotomo Sympathy 36 30 34 −4 41 29 30 +12 Sotomo Sympathy 33 34 34 −1 43 27 30 +16 Sotomo Sympathy 29 39 33 −10 40 26 33 +14 Sotomo 27,976 Sympathy 23 40 37 −17 46 25 30 +21

The Centre councilors Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize Question wording Viola Amherd (DM/LC) Yes No Neither Net Sotomo 23,207 Sympathy 61 15 24 +46 Sotomo 31,850 Sympathy 59 16 25 +43 Sotomo Sympathy 58 18 24 +40 Sotomo Sympathy 57 16 27 +41 Sotomo Sympathy 59 16 25 +43 Sotomo Sympathy 49 22 28 +27 Sotomo 27,976 Sympathy 57 14 28 +43

Satisfaction The question was "How satisfied are you with the work of the Parliament/Federal Council?" Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize Parliament Federal Council Yes No Neither Net Yes No Neither Net LeeWas 29,081 42 57 1 −15 49 50 1 −1 LeeWas 48 50 2 −2 54 45 1 +9 LeeWas 50 49 1 +1 55 44 1 +11 LeeWas 26,298 46 53 1 −7 50 49 1 +1 LeeWas 19,324 56 43 1 +13 65 34 1 +31

Federal Council As federal councilors are elected indirectly by the Federal Assembly, all the polls in this section are hypotheticals to gauge popular support.

Partisan composition Sotomo polls allowed for multiple responses.