Solidarity solidaritéS | |
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| Founded | 1992 (1992) |
| Headquarters | 1211Geneva |
| Ideology | Socialism Anti-capitalism |
| Political position | Left-wing tofar-left[1] |
| European affiliation | European Anti-Capitalist Left |
| International affiliation | Fourth International[2] |
| National Council | 0 / 200 |
| Council of States | 0 / 46 |
| Cantonal legislatures | 5 / 2,608 |
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Solidarity (French:solidaritéS)[3] is asocialist andTrotskyistpolitical party, present in theFrench-speaking part of Switzerland, in the cantons ofGeneva,Vaud,Neuchâtel andFribourg. It was the furthest left party represented in the National Council until losing their only seat in 2023.
The party was founded in 1992 inGeneva. In the1995 federal elections, it received 0.3% of the vote, failing to win a seat. Its vote share increased to 0.5% in the1999 elections, and a party member running on a list named "Alliance of the Left (Solidarity–Independents)" won a seat in theNational Council.[4] The party retained its seat in the2003 elections, but lost parliamentary representation following the2007 elections, in which its vote share fell to 0.4%.[5]
The2011 elections saw the vote share reduced to 0.3%;[6] although its vote share increased to 0.5% in the2015 elections, the party remained seatless. Running with theSwiss Party of Labour in the2019 elections, the party once again won a seat in the National Council, with theelectoral alliance receiving a vote share of 1.0%.[citation needed]
Left-wing to far-left
(in French and German)| National Council (200 seats) |
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| Council of States (46 seats) |
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