Editing Ticino (section)

==Politics==
===Federal election results===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style ="text-align: center"
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! colspan="16" | Percentage of the total vote per party in the canton in the [[National Council (Switzerland)|National Council]] Elections 1971–2019<ref>{{cite report |title=Nationalratswahlen: Stärke der Parteien nach Kantonen (Schweiz = 100%) |publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |date=2015 |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/dos/09.html |access-date=8 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802014002/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/dos/09.html |archive-date=2 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Wahlen 2019 - Kanton Tessin: laufend aktualisierte Ergebnisse|url=https://www.elections.admin.ch/de/ti/|access-date=2021-10-30|website=www.elections.admin.ch}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" | Party !! class="unsortable" | Ideology !! 1971 !! 1975 !! 1979 !! 1983 !! 1987 !! 1991 !! 1995 !! 1999 !! 2003 !! 2007 !! 2011 !! 2015
!2019
|-
! [[FDP.The Liberals]]{{ref|a|a}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|FDP.The Liberals}}"| || [[Classical liberalism]] || 38.4 || 39.1 || 36.3 || 37.9 || 34.8 || 29.4 || 30.5 || 27.7 || 29.8 || 28.1 || 24.8 || 23.7
|20.5
|-
! [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP/PDC/PPD/PCD]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}"| || [[Christian democracy]] || 34.8 || 35.7 || 34.1 || 34.0 || 38.2 || 26.9 || 28.4 || 25.9 || 24.6 || 24.1 || 20.0 || 20.1
|18.2
|-
! [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP/PS]] 
| bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}"| || [[Social democracy]] || 13.1 || 13.9 || 15.2 || 13.8 || 9.3 || 6.7 || 17.1 || 18.8 || 25.8 || 18.1 || 16.6 || 15.9
|14.1
|-
! [[Swiss People's Party|SVP/UDC]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Swiss People's Party}}"| ||[[Conservatism]]|| 2.4 || * {{ref|b|b}} || 2.3 || 2.1 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 1.5 || 5.3 || 7.6 || 8.7 || 9.7 || 11.3
|11.7
|-
! [[Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland|EVP/PEV]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland}}"| || [[Christian democracy]] || * || * || * || * || * || * || * || 0.2 || * || * || * || *
|*
|-
! [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|GLP/PVL]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Green Liberal Party of Switzerland}}"| || [[Green liberalism]] || * || * || * || * || * || * || * || * || * || * || * || 0.8
|1.0
|-
! [[Swiss Party of Labour|PdA/PST-POP/PC/PSL]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Swiss Party of Labour}}"| || [[Socialism]] || 2.8 || 3.6 || 2.7 || * || 1.2 || 0.7 || 1.3 || 1.3 || * || 1.3 || 1.2 || 0.5
|0.8
|-
! [[Autonomous Socialist Party (Ticino)|PSA]]
| || [[Socialism]] || 6.7 || 7.6 || 9.4 || 10.6 || 11.0 || 10.0 || {{ref|c|c}} || * || * || * || * || *
|*
|-
! [[Green Party of Switzerland|GPS/PES]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}"| || [[Green politics]] || * || * || * || * || 1.9 || 1.0 || 1.7 || 1.4 || 3.0 || 4.8 || 6.7 || 3.5
|12.1
|-
! FGA
| || [[Feminist political theory|Feminist]] || * || * || * || * || 0.9 || * || * || * || * || * || * || *
|*
|-
! [[Swiss Democrats|SD/DS]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Swiss Democrats}}"| || [[National conservatism]] || 1.8 || * || * || * || * || * || * || * || * || * || * || *
|*
|-
! [[Ticino League]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Ticino League}}"| || [[Right-wing populism]] || * || * || * || * || * || 23.5 || 18.6 || 18.5 || 8.0 || 14.0 || 17.5 || 21.7
|16.9
|-
! colspan="3" | Other
| * || 0.2 || * || 1.8 || 1.4 || 0.8 || 1.0 || 0.9 || 1.3 || 0.8 || 3.4 || 2.4
|4.7
|-
! colspan="3" | Voter participation % || 60.6 || 64.7 || 59.6 || 61.6 || 60.2 || 67.5 || 52.8 || 49.7 || 48.6 || 47.4 || 54.3 || 54.4
!49.8
|}
:{{note|a|a}} FDP before 2009, FDP.The Liberals after 2009
:{{note|b|b}} "*" indicates that the party was not on the ballot in this canton.
:{{note|c|c}} Part of the SP/PS

===Referendum decisions===
Since a referendum in September 2013, Ticino is the only Swiss canton where wearing full-face veils is illegal.<ref>{{cite news|last=Squires |first=Nick |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/10327534/Burkas-and-niqabs-banned-from-Swiss-canton.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/10327534/Burkas-and-niqabs-banned-from-Swiss-canton.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Burkas and niqabs banned from Swiss canton |newspaper=Telegraph |access-date=29 October 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Supporters of the ban cited the case of a 20-year-old Pakistani woman from [[Bellinzona]], who was killed by her husband for refusing to wear a headscarf.<ref name=dt>{{cite web|title=Swiss charge Pakistani over 'honour killing' of wife|url=http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/national/24-Aug-2006/swiss-charge-pakistani-over-honour-killing-of-wife|work=Daily Times|access-date=6 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106214349/http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/national/24-Aug-2006/swiss-charge-pakistani-over-honour-killing-of-wife|archive-date=6 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Giorgio Ghiringhelli|title=Divieto di indossare negli spazi pubblici e nei luoghi privati aperti al pubblico indumenti che nascondano totalmente o parzialmente il volto (ad esempio il burqa e il niqab)|url=http://www.cdt.ch/files/docs/85ff375fe6899e3d02573451579f3034.pdf|publisher=Corriere del Ticino|access-date=6 November 2014|archive-date=7 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107053855/http://www.cdt.ch/files/docs/85ff375fe6899e3d02573451579f3034.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Burqa ban was later approved by the [[Grand Council of Ticino|Grand Council]] in November 2015.<ref>{{cite web | title=MPs in Swiss canton of Ticino Back Burqa Ban | url=http://www.thelocal.ch/20151124/mps-back-hefty-fine-for-wearing-burka-in-ticino | date=24 November 2015 | website=[[The Local]] | access-date=12 December 2016}}</ref>

In September 2016, Ticino voters approved a [[Swiss People's Party]]-sponsored referendum that gives precedence to Swiss workers, as opposed to foreign workers, defying [[Freedom of movement for workers in the European Union|freedom of movement]] agreements [[Switzerland–European Union relations|between Switzerland and the EU]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Ticino Votes to Favour Local Workers Over Foreigners | url=http://www.thelocal.ch/20160926/ticino-votes-to-favour-local-workers-over-foreigners | date=26 September 2016 | website=[[The Local]] | access-date=12 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last1=Atkins | first1=Ralph | title=Swiss Canton Votes for Tougher Controls on Foreign Workers | url=https://www.ft.com/content/abb3de84-832c-11e6-8897-2359a58ac7a5 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/abb3de84-832c-11e6-8897-2359a58ac7a5 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription | date=25 September 2016 | newspaper=[[Financial Times]] | access-date=12 December 2016}}</ref>