Grand Council of Bern
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The Grand Council (German: Grosser Rat, French: Grand conseil) is the parliament of the Swiss canton of Bern.
It consists of 160 members (as of 2006) elected by proportional representation for a four-year term of office. The French-speaking part of the canton, the Bernese Jura, has 12 seats guaranteed and 3 seats are guaranteed for the French-speaking minority of the bilingual district of Biel/Bienne.
[edit] Composition
After the 2006 and 2002 elections, the Council was composed as follows.
| Party | Seats 2002 |
Voter share 2002 |
Seats 2006 |
Voter share 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SVP (conservative) | 67 | 31,80% | 47 | 27,42% |
| SPS (social-democratic) | 58 | 26,45% | 42 | 24,03% |
| FDP (free-market liberal) | 36 | 17,55% | 26 | 16,38% |
| GFL/GB (green) | 15 | 9,2% | 19 | 12,9% |
| EVP (evangelical/left) | 11 | 5,95% | 13 | 7,34% |
| EDU (evangelical/right) | 4 | 4,75% | 6 | 4,78% |
| SD (nationalist) | 3 | 1,60% | 1 | 2,19% |
| CVP (centrist) | 2 | 1,00% | 1 | 1,76% |
| FPS (right-wing) | 0 | 0,35% | 1 | 0,45% |
| Entente PDC/PLJ (right-wing/regionalist) | 1 | 0,30% | 1 | 0,33% |
| PSA (left-wing/regionalist) | 2 | 0,85% | 3 | 1,29% |
| Others | 0 | 1,12% | 0 | 0,30% |
| Total | 200 | 100% | 160 | 100% |
[edit] References
- Swiss Grand Councils in the Ancien Régime in German, French or Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
[edit] External links
All links are in German and French, unless otherwise noted.
- Official website of the Grand Council of Bern
- Websites for the 2002 and 2006 Grand Council elections
