Cantonal Council of Zürich

Zürcher Kantonsrat (German)
Type
Type
Leadership
President
Esther Guyer (glp)[1][2]
Structure
Seats180
Political groups
Parties in the Executive Council (139)
  •   SVP (45)
  •   SP (35)
  •   FDP (29)
  •   GPS (22)
  •   The Centre (8)

Other Parties (41)

Length of term
Four years
Elections
Party-list proportional representation
Biproportional apportionment
Last election
24 March 2019
Next election
12 February 2023
Meeting place
Zürich Town Hall, Zürich
Website
http://www.kantonsrat.zh.ch/

The Cantonal Council of Zürich (German: Zürcher Kantonsrat) is the legislature of the canton of Zürich, in Switzerland. Zürich has a unicameral legislature. The Cantonal Council has 180 seats, with members elected every four years.

Elections

The council is re-elected every four years. Like other legislatures in Switzerland, elections use proportional representation with biproportional apportionment. There are eighteen constituencies, which are based on the canton's twelve districts. The district of Winterthur is split into two constituencies, one representing the city of Winterthur, and the other representing the surrounding countryside. The city of Zürich is split into six constituencies, each composed of two metropolitan districts.[3]

Number of seats by constituency since 2007
Constituency 20072011201520192023
IZürich city districts 1 & 255455
IIZürich city districts 3 & 91212121212
IIIZürich city districts 4 & 555555
IVZürich city districts 6 & 1099998
VZürich city districts 7 & 876666
VIZürich city districts 11 & 121212121212
VIIDietikon1111111111
VIIIAffoltern66667
IXHorgen1515151515
XMeilen1313131212
XIHinwil1112121111
XIIUster1616161616
XIIIPfäffikon77777
XIVWinterthur city1313131313
XVWinterthur land77777
XVIAndelfingen44444
XVIIBülach1717171818
XVIIIDielsdorf1010111111
Total180

Latest elections

Results of the 2019 Zürich Cantonal Council election
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Swiss People's Party74,56324.46−5.5645−9
Social Democratic Party58,87019.31−0.3635−1
FDP.The Liberals47,74715.66−1.6629−2
Green Liberal Party39,34212.91+5.2723+9
Green Party36,30911.91+4.6922+9
Christian Democratic People's Party13,0864.29−0.598−1
Evangelical People's Party12,9284.24−0.038±0
Alternative List9,5933.15+0.176+1
Federal Democratic Union6,9262.27−0.364−1
Conservative Democratic Party4,6551.53−1.090−5
Labour Party5300.17New0New
Die Guten2600.09New0New
Helvida120.00New0New
Total304,821100.00180
Valid votes304,81899.81
Invalid/blank votes5660.19
Total votes305,384100.00
Registered voters/turnout910,77633.53
Source: wahlen.zh.ch[4]

President

The council is presided over by the president, who is re-elected every year.

List of presidents

Name Party From To
Ulrich BremiFDP7 May 19734 May 1974
Willy Walker-5 May 197425 May 1975
Albert Eggli-26 May 197511 January 1976
Konrad GislerSVP3 May 19767 March 1977
Rolf A. Widmer-12 January 19762 May 1976
Josef LandoltCVP2 May 19777 May 1978
Rudolf ReichlingSVP14 March 19771 May 1978
Werner WydlerEVP8 May 197829 April 1979
Kurt MüllerFDP30 April 19794 May 1980
Ernst SpillmannSP5 May 19804 May 1981
Erich Rüfenacht-4 May 19812 May 1982
Bruno SchürchFDP3 May 198229 May 1983
Werner BosshardSP30 May 19836 May 1984
Wolfgang NiggCVP7 May 19845 May 1985
Gertrud Erismann-PeyerFDP6 May 19854 May 1986
Hansjörg FreiSVP5 May 19863 May 1987
Robert Hux-4 May 19871 May 1988
Hermann HauserFDP2 May 19887 May 1989
Ursula LeemannSP8 May 19896 May 1990
Ueli MaurerSVP7 May 19905 May 1991
Paul AngstFDP6 May 19913 May 1992
Fritz JauchEVP4 May 19922 May 1993
Marlies Voser-HuberSP3 May 19931 May 1994
Peter LaufferFDP8 May 19947 May 1995
Markus KägiSVP8 May 19955 May 1996
Esther HolmGPS6 May 19964 May 1997
Roland BrunnerSP5 May 19973 May 1998
Kurt SchellenbergFDP4 May 199829 May 1999
Richard HirtCVP30 May 19997 May 2000
Hans RutschmannSVP8 May 20006 May 2001
Martin BornhauserSP7 May 20015 May 2002
Thomas DählerFDP6 May 20024 May 2003
Ernst Stocker-RusterholzSVP5 May 20032 April 2004
Emy LalliSP3 May 20048 May 2005
Peter Hans FreiSVP9 May 20057 May 2006
Hartmuth AttenhoferSP8 May 200610 May 2007
Ursula Moor-SchwarzSVP21 May 20074 May 2008
Regula Thalmann-MeyerFDP5 May 20083 May 2009
Esther HildebrandGPS4 May 20092 May 2010
Gerhard FischerEVP3 May 20108 May 2011
Jürg TrachselSVP9 May 20116 May 2012
Bernhard EggSP7 May 20125 May 2013
Bruno WalliserSVP6 May 201311 May 2014
Brigitta JohnerFDP12 May 201417 May 2015
Mario FehrSP4 May 20152 May 2016
Ernst Stocker-RusterholzSVP3 May 20158 May 2016
Rolf SteinerSP8 May 20167 May 2017
Karin Egli-ZimmermannSVP8 May 20176 May 2018
Yvonne Bürgin-HartmannCVP8 May 20183 May 2022
Esther Guyer[1][2]glp3 May 2022present

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Notes and references

  1. 1 2 "Kantonsrat Zürich – Mitglieder – Esther Guyer". Cantonal Council of Zürich. Cantonal Council of Zürich. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Kantonsrat Zürich – Ratspräsidium". Cantonal Council of Zürich. Cantonal Council of Zürich. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Übersicht Mitglieder" [Overview of members]. kantonsrat.zh.ch (in German). Archived from the original on 20 November 2020.
  4. "Wahlen 2019". wahlen.zh.ch. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

See also

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