Cantonal Council of Solothurn

The Cantonal Council of Solothurn (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.

! 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 ± ! style="text-align:left;" colspan=3| Total
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 * 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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 * 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
 * style="background-color: " |
 * 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
 * style="background-color: " |
 * 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
 * style="background-color: " |
 * 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
 * style="background-color: " |
 * 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
 * style="background-color: " |
 * 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
 * style="background-color: " |
 * 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
 * - style="background: #E9E9E9"
 * style="background-color: " |
 * 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
 * - style="background: #E9E9E9"
 * style="text-align:right;" | 100.00
 * style="text-align:right;" | –
 * 100
 * style="text-align:right;" | –
 * colspan=8 style="text-align:left;" | Source: Canton of Solothurn
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