BERN - The Greens made strong gains in Switzerland's election on Sunday while the far-right party lost ground, early results showed, potentially putting environmentalists in the mix for a seat in the coalition that has governed the country for decades.
The far-right People's Party , which won record seats in 2015 amid Europe's refugee crisis, slipped 3.1 points to 26.3 per cent while the Green Party's share surged 5.6 points to 12.7 per cent of the vote, according to a projection for broadcaster SRF based on partial results. The centre-left Social Democrats remained second on 16.5 per cent and the centre-right Liberals third at 15.2 per cent, but the Greens leapfrogged the centrist Christian Democrats , which has one seat on the Federal Council.
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