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 SWITZERLAND (CANTONS)

Legislative elections: Cantonal parliaments, 4-year terms (FR, VD: 5-year terms), partly state-wide or constituency-based thresholds (BS 5%, GE 7%, NE 10%, VD 5%, ZH 5%), party-list proportional representation systems (majority or mixed voting systems in AI, AR, BS, GR, SZ, UR)

Canton
Parliament | Date | Seats | Turnout
 Government
Aargau
Grossrat | 2009 | 140 | 31,7%		 31,9%
(45)		 15,7%
(22)		 14,3%
(20)		 15,0%
(21)		 8,9%
(13)		 3,5%
(5)		 3,1%
(4)		 - 4,5%
(6)		 1,8%
(2)		 - - - 1,3%
(2)		       Governing Council      
Appenzell-Ausserrhoden
Kantonsrat | 2011 | 65 | - 		 -
(10)		 -
(5)		 -
(24)		 -
(3)		 - - - - -
(1)		 - - - - -
(22)		 Governing Council
Appenzell-Innerrhoden
Kantonsrat | 2011 | 46 | -		 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
(46)		 Estate Commission
Basel-Land
Landrat | 2011 | 90 | 35,1%		 24,0%
(24)		 22,0%
(21)		 15,2%
(14)		 9,3%
(8)		 13,7%
(12)		 4,5%
(3)		 5,5%
(4)		 - 4,7%
(4)		 - - - - 1,1%
(-)		 Governing Council
Basel-Stadt
Grossrat | 2008 | 100 | 38,9%		 13,7%
(14)		 29,7%
(32)		 9,9%
(11)		 9,3%
(8)		 13,8%
(13)		 5,1%
(5)		 - 8,4%
(9)		 4,4%
(4)		 2,4%
(-)		 - - - 3,3%
(4)		 Governing Council
Bern
Grossrat | 2010 | 160 | 32,4%		 26,6%
(44)		 18,9%
(35)		 10,3%
(17)		 1,2%
(1)		 10,1%
(16)		 4,1%
(4)		 16,0%
(25)		 - 5,9%
(10)		 4,4%
(5)		 - - 1,0%
(3)		 1,5%
(-)		 Governing Council
Fribourg
Grossrat | 2011 | 110 | 43,4%		 18,6%
(21)		 24,3%
(29)		 15,3%
(17)		 26,6%
(31)		 4,0%
(3)		 4,4%
(2)		 1,7%
(2)		 - GPS
(-)		 SVP
(-)		 3,7%
(4)		 - - 1,4%
(1)		 State Council
Genève
Grossrat | 2009 | 100 | 39,7%		 8,6%
(9)		 12,9%
(15)		 9,6%
(11)		 9,9%
(11)		 15,3%
(17)		 - - 16,7%
(20)		 - - - 6,4%
(-)		 15,2%
(17)		 5,4%
(-)		 State Council
Glarus
Landrat | 2010 | 60 | -		 25,1%
(17)		 13,9%
(8)		 19,4%
(12)		 11,9%
(6)		 11,9%
(7)		 - 16,1%
(10)		 - - - - - - 1,8%
(-)		 Governing Council
Graubünden
Grossrat | 2010 | 120 | -		 -
(4)

-
(12)

-
(38)		 -
(33)		 - -
(2)		 -
(26)		 - - - - - - -
(5)		 Government
Jura
Parlament | 2010 | 60 | 48,9%		 10,1%
(4)		 21,3%
(14)		 13,8%
(8)		 28,4%
(19)		 8,2%
(4)		 - - - - - 12,7%
(8)		 5,5%*
(3)		 - -
(-)		 Government
Luzern
Kantonsrat | 2011 | 120 | -		 22,3%
(28)		 11,0%
(14)		 18,9%
(23)		 31,3%
(37)		 8,7%
(10)		 5,9%
(8)		 1,7%
(-)		 - - - - - - 0,2%
(-)		 Governing Council
Neuchâtel
Grossrat | 2009 | 115 | 36,9%		 12,7%
(14)		 28,2%
(36)		 33,2%
(41)		 3,2%
(-)		 12,6%
(14)		 0,7%
(-)		 - - - - - 8,5%
(10)		 - 1,0%
(-)		 State Council
Nidwalden
Landrat | 2010 | 60 | -		 32%
(19)		 2%
(1)		 28%
(17)		 30%
(18)		 8%
(5)		 - - - - - - - - 0%
(0)		 Governing Council
Obwalden
Kantonsrat | 2010 | 55 | 52,1%		 21,7%
(11)		 10,1%
(6)		 17,7%
(10)		 32,5%
(20)		 - - - - - - 14,3%
(8)		 - - 3,7%
(-)		 Governing Council
St.Gallen
Kantonsrat | 2008 | 120 | 35,3%		 29,2%
(41)		 15,1%
(16)		 18,0%
(23)		 25,5%
(33)		 5,4%
(4)		 3,1%
(1)		 - - 1,4%
(2)		 - - - - 1,3%
(-)		 Government
Schaffhausen
Kantonsrat | 2008 | 60 | 53,8%		 32,6%
(19)		 23,0%
(14)		 22,2%
(14)		 5,1%
(3)		 8,3%
(5)		 - - - 2,4%
(1)		 2,3%
(1)		 - 4,1%**
(3)		 - -
(-)		 Governing Council
Schwyz
Kantonsrat | 2008 | 100 | -		 36,7%
(41)		 11,6%
(9)		 19,2%
(21)		 29,1%
(29)		 - - - - - - - - - 3,5%
(-)		 Governing Council
Solothurn
Kantonsrat | 2009 | 100 | 36,8%		 19,4%
(18)		 20,7%
(21)		 26,8%
(27)		 20,8%
(25)		 6,5%
(6)		 3,7%
(2)		 - - 1,8%
(1)		 0,3%
(-)		 - - - 0,1%
(-)		 Governing Council
Ticino
Grossrat | 2011 | 90 | -		 5,5%
(5)		 15,1%
(14)		 25,2%
(23)		 20,5%
(19)		 7,6%
(7)		 - - - - - - 1,3%
(1)		 22,8%
(21)		 2,0%
(-)		 State Council
Thurgau
Grossrat | 2008 | 130 | 33,9%		 35,4%
(51)		 12,8%
(17)		 13,8%
(18)		 15,8%
(22)		 9,1%
(11)		 2,5%
(2)		 - - 5,1%
(6)		 4,0%
(3)		 - - - 1,5%
(-)		 Governing Council
Uri
Landrat | 2008 | 64 | 41,0%		 28,2%
(18)		 21,9%
(8)		 16,3%
(12)		 33,6%
(24)		 SP
(2)		 - - - - - - - - 0,0%
(-)		 Governing Council
Vaud
Grossrat | 2007 | 150 | 42,6%		 15,6%
(26)		 23,8%
(39)		 20,2%
(29)		 3,3%
(3)		 15,9%
(24)		 - - 14,7%
(22)		 CVP
(1)		 - - 5,3%
(5)		 - 1,2%
(1)		 State Council
Valais
Grossrat | 2009 | 130 | 54,7%		 -
(12)		 -
(17)		 -
(28)		 -
(68)		 -
(2) SP		 - - - - - -
(3) SP		 - - -
(-)		 State Council
Zug
Kantonsrat | 2010 | 80 | 43,6%		 22,0%
(19)		 11,7%
(8)		 23,7%
(20)		 23,1%
(23)		 14,0%
(8)		 5,2%
(2)		 - - - - - - - 0,4%
(-)		 Governing Council
Zürich
Kantonsrat | 2011 | 180 | 35,5%		 29,6%
(54)		 19,3%
(35)		 12,9%
(23)		 4,9%
(9)		 10,6%
(19)		 10,3%
(19)		 3,5%
(6)		 - 3,8%
(7)		 2,6%
(5)		 - 1,6%**
(3)		 - 1,0%
(-)		 Governing Council
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(a) SVP: Swiss People's Party; (b) SP: Social Democratic Party of Switzerland; (c) FDP: Freethinking Democratic Party; since 2009: FDP.The Liberals (d) CVP: Christian Democratic People's Party; (e) GPS: Green Party of Switzerland; (f) GLP: Green Liberal Party Switzerland; (g) BDP: Civic Democratic Party Switzerland; (h) LPS: Liberal Party of Switzerland (merged into FDP.The Liberals in 2009; the branch in Basel-Stadt retained its cantonal independence within the new party); (i) EVP: Evangelical People's Party; (j) EDU: Federal Democratic Union; (k) CSP: Christian Social Party; (l) AGT: Left Alternative/Left or Labour Party of Switzerland (PdA)* or Alternative List (AL)**; (m) Regionalists: Bern: Autonomous Socialist Party (PSA); Genève: Movement of Genevan Citizens (MCG); Ticino: League of Ticinesians (LdT). Sources: Statistik Schweiz (http://www.bfs.admin.ch); Schweizerische Bundeskanzlei (http://www.ch.ch); GFS Bern (http://www.polittrends.ch); Swiss Politics (http://www.swisspolitics.org); Ruedi Lais (http://www.lais.ch); own completions. Note: Updates usually only once a year. © 2011 Wolfram Nordsieck.