# Sol Zanetti

Sol Zanetti (born 1982) is a Quebec politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Jean-Lesage as a member of Québec solidaire.
Following his win in the 2022 provincial election, he was chosen as its critic for Sovereignty, Canadian Relations, Democratic Institutions, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Information, and the Family.
He was previously the leader of Option nationale, a Quebec sovereigntist political party, from 2013 to 2018.
A candidate for the party in the 2012 provincial election, Zanetti won the party's leadership on October 26, 2013, winning 67 per cent of the leadership vote against musician and activist Nic Payne. He led the party into the 2014 provincial election.
In September 2014, Zanetti published a video on YouTube encouraging voters in the Scottish independence referendum to vote yes.
The party merged with Québec solidaire in 2018 and became a collective within the latter party.
He is of Italian and Québécois descent.

## Electoral record

vte2022 Quebec general election: Jean-Lesage :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Québec solidaire | Sol Zanetti | 11,390 | 37.77 | +3.07 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Christiane Gamache | 9,426 | 31.26 | -1.09 |
| | Conservative | Denise Peter | 4,258 | 14.12 | +12.37 |
| | Parti Québécois | Michaël Potvin | 3,337 | 11.07 | +1.75 |
| | Liberal | Charles Robert | 1,326 | 4.40 | -13.52 |
| | Green | Félix-Antoine Bérubé-Simard | 237 | 0.79 | -0.36 |
| | Climat Québec | Mario Ledoux | 67 | 0.22 | – |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Claude Moreau | 57 | 0.19 | +0.04 |
| | Démocratie directe | Lucie Perreault | 56 | 0.19 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30.154 | 98.63 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 419 | 1.37 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,573 | 67.34 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 45,399 | – | – |
vte2018 Quebec general election: Jean-Lesage :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Québec solidaire | Sol Zanetti | 10,331 | 34.7 | +20.58 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Christiane Gamache | 9,632 | 32.35 | +8.65 |
| | Liberal | Gertrude Bourdon | 5,335 | 17.92 | -19.41 |
| | Parti Québécois | Claire Vignola | 2,774 | 9.32 | -13.1 |
| | Conservative | Anne Deblois | 520 | 1.75 | +0.96 |
| | New Democratic | Raymond Côté | 399 | 1.34 | |
| | Green | Alex Paradis-Bellefeuille | 343 | 1.15 | |
| | Parti nul | Charles Verreault-Lemieux | 192 | 0.64 | -0.58 |
| | Citoyens au pouvoir | Marie-Pierre Deschênes | 149 | 0.5 | |
| | Équipe Autonomiste | Nicolas Bouffard-Savoie | 52 | 0.17 | |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Claude Moreau | 44 | 0.15 | +0.01 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,771 | 98.19 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 548 | 1.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,319 | 65.78 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 46,090 |
| | Québec solidaire gain from Liberal | Québec solidaire gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +5.97 |
| Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. |||||||
Quebec provincial by-election, June 8, 2015: Jean-Talon :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Sébastien Proulx | 8,214 | 41.76 | -2.74 |
| | Parti Québécois | Clément Laberge | 5,894 | 29.97 | +7.49 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Alain Fecteau | 2,717 | 13.81 | -6.75 |
| | Québec solidaire | Amélie Boisvert | 1,503 | 7.64 | -1.41 |
| | Option nationale | Sol Zanetti | 474 | 2.41 | +0.90 |
| | Green | Elodie Boisjoly-Dubreuil | 472 | 2.4 | – |
| | Conservative | Sylvain Rancourt | 237 | 1.20 | +0.61 |
| | Parti des sans Parti | Sylvain Drolet | 76 | 0.39 | – |
| | Équipe Autonomiste | Stéphane Pouleur | 55 | 0.28 | +0.09 |
| | Parti indépendantiste | Grégoire Bonneau-Fortier | 27 | 0.14 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,668 | 99.18 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 162 | 0.82 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,830 | 43.61 | -34.39 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 45,475 | – |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -5.12 |
Quebec provincial by-election, March 9, 2015: Richelieu :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Sylvain Rochon | 7,294 | 35.98 | -3.04 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Jean-Bernard Émond | 6,584 | 32.48 | +5.66 |
| | Liberal | Benoît Théroux | 5,054 | 24.93 | -0.72 |
| | Québec solidaire | Marie-Ève Mathieu | 541 | 2.67 | -2.63 |
| | Option nationale | Sol Zanetti | 316 | 1.56 | +0.21 |
| | Green | Vincent Pouliot | 352 | 1.74 | +0.58 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Gaudreau | 103 | 0.51 | -0.21 |
| | Équipe Autonomiste | Louis Chandonnet | 30 | 0.15 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 20,274 | 98.45 | +1.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 319 | 1.55 | -1.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,593 | 46.43 | -23.57 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 44,356 | – | – |
| | Parti Québécois hold | Parti Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | -4.35 |
2014 Quebec general election: Jean-Lesage :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | André Drolet | 11,645 | 37.27 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Émilie Foster | 7,431 | 23.78 |
| | Parti Québécois | Pierre Châteauvert | 6,998 | 22.40 |
| | Québec solidaire | Sébastien Bouchard | 3,626 | 11.60 |
| | Option nationale | Sol Zanetti | 782 | 2.50 |
| | Parti nul | Sébastien Dumais | 384 | 1.23 |
| | Conservative | Andréas Garcia | 77 | 0.24 |
| | Independent | José Breton | 93 | 0.30 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Claude Moreau | 43 | 0.14 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 31,248 | 98.65 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 427 | 1.35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,675 | 68.00 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 46,643 | – |
2012 Quebec general election: Louis-Hébert :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Sam Hamad | 14,602 | 38.42 | -10.43 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Michel Hamel | 12,510 | 32.92 | +16.67* |
| | Parti Québécois | Rosette Côté | 8,127 | 21.38 | -7.71 |
| | Québec solidaire | Guillaume Boivin | 1,359 | 3.58 | +0.73 |
| | Option nationale | Sol Zanetti | 706 | 1.86 | – |
| | Parti nul | Julie Lachance | 226 | 0.59 | – |
| | Coalition pour la constituante | Guillaume Dion | 209 | 0.55 | – |
| | Conservative | Véronique Durand | 146 | 0.38 | – |
| | Équipe Autonomiste | Hugues Fortin | 70 | 0.18 | – |
| | Quebec Citizens' Union | Maxime Guérin | 49 | 0.13 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 38,004 | 99.18 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 316 | 0.82 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,320 | 86.57 | +16.22 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 44,263 | – | – |