Cantonal Council of Zürich

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.

Cantonal Council of Zürich

Zürcher Kantonsrat  (German)
Type
Type
Leadership
President
Structure
Seats180
Political groups
Governing Council (139)
  •   SVP/UDC (45)
  •   SP/PS (35)
  •   FDP/PLR (29)
  •   GPS/PES (22)
  •   CVP/PDC (8)

Other Parties (41)

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

Elections

The council is re-elected every four years. Like other legislatures in Switzerland, elections use party list proportional representation. 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.[1]

Districts in the Canton of Zürich
Zürich Districts
Constituency Seats
Affoltern6
Andelfingen4
Bülach17
Dielsdorf11
Dietikon11
Hinwil12
Horgen15
Meilen13
Pfäffikon7
Uster16
Winterthur Land7
Winterthur Stadt13
Zürich 1+24
Zürich 3+912
Zürich 4+55
Zürich 6+109
Zürich 7+86
Zürich 11+1212

Latest elections
See also: 2007 Cantonal Council of Zürich election
Party Vote% Vote%± Seats Seats±
SVP24.46-5.5645-9
SDP19.31-0.3635-1
FDP15.66-1.6729-2
GLP12.91+5.2723+9
GPS11.91+4.6922+9
CVP4.29-0.598-1
EVP4.24-0.038±0
AL3.15+0.176+1
EDU2.27-0.394-1
BDP1.53-1.090-5
Total 100 0 180 0

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President

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

List of Presidents
Name Party From To
Ulrich BremiFDP7/5/19734/5/1974
Willy Walker-5/5/197425/5/1975
Albert Eggli-26/5/197511/1/1976
Konrad GislerSVP3/5/19767/3/1977
Rolf A. Widmer-12/1/19762/5/1976
Josef LandoltCVP2/5/19777/5/1978
Rudolf ReichlingSVP14/3/19771/5/1978
Werner WydlerEVP8/5/197829/4/1979
Kurt MüllerFDP30/4/19794/5/1980
Ernst SpillmannSDP5/5/19804/5/1981
Erich Rüfenacht-4/5/19812/5/1982
Bruno SchürchFDP3/5/198229/5/1983
Werner BosshardSDP30/5/19836/5/1984
Wolfgang NiggCVP7/5/19845/5/1985
Gertrud Erismann-PeyerFDP6/5/19854/5/1986
Hansjörg FreiSVP5/5/19863/5/1987
Robert Hux-4/5/19871/5/1988
Hermann HauserFDP2/5/19887/5/1989
Ursula LeemannSDP8/5/19896/5/1990
Ueli MaurerSVP7/5/19905/5/1991
Paul AngstFDP6/5/19913/5/1992
Fritz JauchEVP4/5/19922/5/1993
Marlies Voser-HuberSDP3/5/19931/5/1994
Peter LaufferFDP8/5/19947/5/1995
Markus KägiSVP8/5/19955/5/1996
Esther HolmGPS6/5/19964/5/1997
Roland BrunnerSDP5/5/19973/5/1998
Kurt SchellenbergFDP4/5/199829/5/1999
Richard HirtCVP30/5/19997/5/2000
Hans RutschmannSVP8/5/20006/5/2001
Martin BornhauserSDP7/5/20015/5/2002
Thomas DählerFDP6/5/20024/5/2003
Ernst Stocker-RusterholzSVP5/5/20032/4/2004
Emy LalliSDP3/5/20048/5/2005
Peter Hans FreiSVP9/5/20057/5/2006
Hartmuth AttenhoferSDP8/5/200610/5/2007
Ursula Moor-SchwarzSVP21/5/20074/5/2008
Regula Thalmann-MeyerFDP5/5/20083/5/2009
Esther HildebrandGPS4/5/20092/5/2010
Gerhard FischerEVP3/5/20108/5/2011
Jürg TrachselSVP9/5/20116/5/2012
Bernhard EggSDP7/5/20125/5/2013
Bruno WalliserSVP6/5/201311/5/2014
Brigitta JohnerFDP12/5/201417/5/2015
Mario FehrSDP4/5/20152/5/2016
Ernst Stocker-RusterholzSVP3/5/20158/5/2016
Rolf SteinerSDP8/5/20167/5/2017
Karin Egli-ZimmermannSVP8/5/20176/5/2018
Yvonne Bürgin-HartmannCVP8/5/2018Incumbent

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Notes and references
  1. http://www.kantonsrat.zh.ch/mitglieder/mitglieder.aspx
  2. https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/regierungsrat-und-kantonsrat-zuerich-die-resultate-der-wahlen-ld.1465859
  3. http://www.kantonsrat.zh.ch/mitglieder/mitglieder.aspx

See also
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