Rheintal constituency

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Rheintal constituency
Basic data
Country: SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of St. GallenCanton of St. Gallen St. Gallen (SG)
Main town :
FSO number : 1723
Area : 138.94  km²
Height range : 395–1794 m above sea level M.
Residents: 73,094 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 526 inhabitants per km²
map
Map of Rheintal constituency

The Rheintal constituency is a sub-unit of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland , which was formed from January 1, 2003 according to the new cantonal constitution of June 10, 2001. It consists of the former districts of the Upper Rhine Valley and the Lower Rhine Valley (excluding Thal SG ).

politic and economy

The border location characterizes the St. Gallen Rhine Valley. Au in the Rheintal constituency, in the background Austrian mountains.

With the high-tech companies Leica , Jansen and SFS, the Rhine Valley is economically cosmopolitan like no other region in St. Gallen, but politically the constituency is one of the most conservative . For the industry, this is location marketing center, it is nevertheless rely on professionals. It is in competition with the Zurich area and Vorarlberg . The economy in the neighboring Austrian state has grown strongly and wage levels are converging .

Although regional pride and conservatism are less pronounced in the lower Rhine Valley than in the village-like upper part, in 2007 the voters of the congregations of Widnau, Au, Berneck, Balgach and Diepoldsau rejected the merger to form a town in the Middle Rhine Valley .

Seats in the Cantonal Council (2020-2024)
1
2
1
4th
3
6th
4th 6th 
A total of 17 seats
Distribution of seats
Election year 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
GPS 1 1 1 1 1
SP 3 1 2 2 2
glp 1
CVP 9 5 5 4th 4th
FDP 5 3 3 3 3
SVP 7th 7th 6th 7th 6th
all in all 25th 17th 17th 17th 17th

The Christian Democrats (CVP) lost their power to the Swiss People's Party (SVP), which in the Rhine Valley achieved one of the highest proportions in the entire canton with around a third of the votes. The proximity of the border with the population's need for security is likely to play a certain role in the political mood. The share of the FDP has remained constant at 20 percent since 2004, the Social Democrats (SP) fluctuate between 10 and 15 percent and the Greens are between five and eight percent. The Green Liberals first appeared on the political stage in the Rhine Valley in 2012 and at that time achieved around 5 percent of the vote, which corresponded pretty much to the decline in the SVP. In 2016, the SVP caught up again at the expense of the CVP. In 2020, the Green Liberals obtained a seat for the first time at the expense of the SVP.

Political structure

The Rheintal constituency includes the following communities:

coat of arms Name of the parish Population
(December 31, 2018)
Area
in km²
Inhabitant
per km²
Altstätten
Altstätten 11,733 39.46 297
Au
Au (SG) 7789 4.65 1675
Balgach
Balgach 4798 6.52 736
Berneck
Berneck 3963 5.62 705
Diepoldsau
Diepoldsau 6471 11.25 575
Eichberg
Eichberg 1535 5.44 282
Marbach
Marbach (SG) 2105 4.38 481
Oberriet
Oberriet 8879 34.60 257
Rebstein
Rebstein 4494 4.39 1024
Rheineck
Rheineck 3419 2.21 1547
Rüthi
Rüthi 2399 9.33 257
St. Margrethen
St. Margrethen 5890 6.87 857
Widnau
Widnau 9619 4.22 2279
Total (13) 73,094 138.94 526

Cantonal Councils

In the cantonal elections in February 2016, the following representatives were elected in the Rhine Valley:

  • Bartl Alexander, Widnau
  • Britschgi Stefan, Diepoldsau
  • Broger Andreas, Altstätten
  • Bucher Laura, St. Margrethen
  • Dietsche Marcel, Oberriet
  • Dürr Patrick, Widnau
  • Eggenberger Peter, Rüthi
  • Egger Mike , Berneck
  • Friend Walter, Eichberg
  • Gschwend Meinrad, Altstätten
  • Hess Sandro, Balgach
  • Huber Rolf, Oberriet
  • Kuster Peter, Diepoldsau
  • Bricklayer Remo, Altstätten
  • Schöbi Michael, Altstätten
  • Willi Christian, Altstätten
  • Wüst Markus, Oberriet

See also

Web links

Commons : Wahlkreis Rheintal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. Until 2008, the canton parliament had 180 instead of 120 seats since then.

Individual evidence

  1. Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
  2. ^ A b c d Adrian Lemmenmeier: Before the elections in the canton of St.Gallen: Agile on the market, rigid in the mind - a portrait of the St.Gallen Rhine Valley. In: St. Galler Tagblatt (online), February 7, 2020
  3. a b c d e Cantonal election 2020: Rheintal constituency. On the website of the Canton of St. Gallen, March 8, 2020
  4. Minutes of the election of the new cantonal council of March 14, 2004. On the website of the canton of St. Gallen, March 29, 2004
  5. Cantonal election 2008: Rheintal constituency. On the website of the Canton of St. Gallen, June 18, 2019
  6. Cantonal election 2012: Rheintal constituency. On the website of the Canton of St. Gallen, June 18, 2019
  7. Cantonal election 2016: Rheintal constituency. On the website of the Canton of St. Gallen, June 13, 2019
  8. a b c Thomas Oegerli: Cantonal elections in the canton of St. Gallen. Cantonal elections 2004 - 2016. In: Statistics currently 58 , Office for Statistics of the Canton of St. Gallen, February 2017 (PDF; 1.0 MB)
  9. Federal Statistical Office Generalized Limits 2020.