Cantonal Council of Solothurn

{{Short description|Legislature of the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland}}

{{update|date=March 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

File:Cantonal Council Solothurn 2021.svg

The Cantonal Council of Solothurn ({{langx|de|Solothurner Kantonsrat}}) is the legislature of the canton of Solothurn, in Switzerland. Solothurn has a unicameral legislature. The Cantonal Council has 100 seats, with members elected every four years.

In the last election, on 7 March 2009, saw the centre-right maintain its dominance of the Cantonal Council. FDP.The Liberals lost three seats, but remained the largest party, with 27 seats. The Christian Democrats added two seats, becoming the second-largest party, on 24 seats. The Social Democrats lost ground, falling three seats to 21 overall, whilst the Swiss People's Party gained one seat to 18. The left-wing Green Party and centre-right Green Liberal Party also gained two seats apiece.

{{election table|title=Summary of the 7 March 2021 Solothurn Cantonal Council election results}}

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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Party

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" width=150px |Ideology

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" width=50px |Vote %

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" width=50px |Vote % ±

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" width=50px |Seats

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" width=50px |Seats ±

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| style="background-color: {{party color|FDP.The Liberals}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | FDP.The Liberals

| style="text-align:left;" | Classical liberalism

| style="text-align:right;" | 22.7

| style="text-align:right;" | –1.9

| style="text-align:right;" | 22

| style="text-align:right;" | –4

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| width=5px style="background-color: {{party color|Swiss People's Party}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Swiss People's Party

| style="text-align:left;" | National conservatism

| style="text-align:right;" | 21.0

| style="text-align:right;" | +1.3

| style="text-align:right;" | 21

| style="text-align:right;" | +3

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| style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party

| style="text-align:left;" | Social democracy

| style="text-align:right;" | 19.3

| style="text-align:right;" | –2.3

| style="text-align:right;" | 20

| style="text-align:right;" | –3

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| style="background-color: {{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democratic People's Party

| style="text-align:left;" | Christian democracy

| style="text-align:right;" | 17.6

| style="text-align:right;" | –1.3

| style="text-align:right;" | 20

| style="text-align:right;" | ±0

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| style="background-color: {{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Green Party

| style="text-align:left;" | Green politics

| style="text-align:right;" | 10.3

| style="text-align:right;" | +2.8

| style="text-align:right;" | 10

| style="text-align:right;" | +3

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| style="background-color: {{party color|Green Liberal Party of Switzerland}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Green Liberal Party

| style="text-align:left;" | Green liberalism

| style="text-align:right;" | 7.0

| style="text-align:right;" | +2.8

| style="text-align:right;" | 6

| style="text-align:right;" | +3

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| style="background-color: {{party color|Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Evangelical People's Party

| style="text-align:left;" | Christian democracy

| style="text-align:right;" | 1.9

| style="text-align:right;" | +0.8

| style="text-align:right;" | 1

| style="text-align:right;" | ±0

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| style="background-color: {{party color|Swiss Democrats}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Swiss Democrats

| style="text-align:left;" | Swiss nationalism

| style="text-align:right;" | 0.2

| style="text-align:right;" | N/A

| style="text-align:right;" | 0

| style="text-align:right;" | N/A

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! style="text-align:left;" colspan=3| Total

| style="text-align:right;" | 100.00

| style="text-align:right;" | –

| 100

| style="text-align:right;" | –

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| colspan=8 style="text-align:left;" | Source: [https://so.ch/fileadmin/internet/staatskanzlei/stk-regierungsdienste/pdf/abstimmungen-wahlen/2021/Parteistaerken_KR2021_korr.pdf Canton of Solothurn]

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