Solidarity (Switzerland)

Solidarity (French: solidaritéS)[3] is a socialist and Trotskyist political party, present in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, in the cantons of Geneva, Vaud, Neuchâtel and Fribourg. The party is a member of the European Anti-Capitalist Left. It is the furthest left party represented in the National Council.

Solidarity
solidaritéS
Founded1992 (1992)
Headquarters1211 Geneva
IdeologySocialism[1]
Trotskyism[1]
Anti-capitalism
Proletarian internationalism
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left[2]
European affiliationEuropean Anti-Capitalist Left
National Council
1 / 200
Council of States
0 / 46
Cantonal legislatures
5 / 2,608
Website
solidarites.ch

History

The party was founded in 1992 in Geneva. In the 1995 federal elections it received 0.3% of the vote, failing to win a seat. Its vote share increased to 0.5% in the 1999 elections, and a party member running on a list named "Alliance of the Left (Solidarity–Independents)" won a seat in the National Council.[4] The party retained its seat in the 2003 elections, but lost parliamentary representation following the 2007 elections, in which its vote share fell to 0.4%.[5]

The 2011 elections saw the vote share reduced to 0.3%,[6] and although its vote share increased to 0.5% in the 2015 elections, the party remained seatless. Running with the Swiss Party of Labour in the 2019 elections, the party once again won a seat in the National Council, with the electoral alliance receiving a vote share of 1.0%.[1]

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Switzerland". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. "Switzerland". Europe Elects. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  3. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1898 ISBN 9783832956097
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1955
  5. Nationalratswahlen: Übersicht Schweiz Swiss Confederation
  6. Elections au Conseil national de 2011: Résultats par canton Statistique Suisse


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