The Cantonal Council of Solothurn () is the

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of the

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Solothurn Solothurn ( ; ; ; ; ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissenstein Jura mountains. The town is ...

, in

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. Solothurn has a

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legislature. The Cantonal Council has 100 seats, with members elected every four years. In the last election, on 7 March 2009, saw the

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maintain its dominance of the Cantonal Council.

FDP.The Liberals FDP.The Liberals (, , , ) is a liberal political party in Switzerland. The party was formed on 1 January 2009, after two parties, the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) and the smaller Liberal Party (LPS/PLS), united. In Vaud and Valais, the parti ...

lost three seats, but remained the largest party, with 27 seats. The

Christian Democrats Christian democracy is an ideology inspired by Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics. Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo-scholasticism, as well a ...

added two seats, becoming the second-largest party, on 24 seats. The

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lost ground, falling three seats to 21 overall, whilst the

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gained one seat to 18. The left-wing

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Canton of Solothurn

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