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== Composition ==
== Composition ==
The last election was held in 2018.
The last election was held on 27 March 2010, and resulted in a victory for the [[Swiss People's Party]] (SVP). However, whilst they maintained their plurality position, the main gainers were the [[Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland|Conservative Democratic Party]], who gained eight seats on their pre-election position, having split from the SVP since the 2006 election. The [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party]] and [[FDP.The Liberals]] both lost considerable ground.
{{election table|title=Summary of the 28 March 2010 [[Canton of Bern|Bern]] Grand Council [[Grand Council of Bern election, 2010|election results]]}}
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" width=200px |Ideology
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" width=50px |Vote %
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" width=50px |Vote % ±
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" width=50px |Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" width=50px |Seats ±
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: {{party color|Swiss People's Party}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Swiss People's Party]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[National conservatism]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 26.62
| style="text-align:right;" | –0.80
| style="text-align:right;" | 44
| style="text-align:right;" | –3
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Social democracy]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 18.86
| style="text-align:right;" | –5.17
| style="text-align:right;" | 35
| style="text-align:right;" | –7
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland|Conservative Democratic Party]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Conservatism]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 16.03
| style="text-align:right;" | N/A
| style="text-align:right;" | 25
| style="text-align:right;" | N/A
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|FDP.The Liberals}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[FDP.The Liberals]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Classical liberalism]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 10.34
| style="text-align:right;" | –6.04
| style="text-align:right;" | 17
| style="text-align:right;" | –9
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Green Party of Switzerland}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Green politics]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 10.10
| style="text-align:right;" | –2.79
| style="text-align:right;" | 16
| style="text-align:right;" | –3
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Christian democracy]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 5.90
| style="text-align:right;" | –1.45
| style="text-align:right;" | 10
| style="text-align:right;" | –3
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Christian right]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 4.40
| style="text-align:right;" | –0.38
| style="text-align:right;" | 5
| style="text-align:right;" | –1
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Green Liberal Party of Switzerland}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|Green Liberal Party]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Green liberalism]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 4.07
| style="text-align:right;" | N/A
| style="text-align:right;" | 4
| style="text-align:right;" | N/A
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Autonomous Socialist Party of South Jura}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Autonomous Socialist Party of South Jura]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Separatism]] – [[Social democracy]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.04
| style="text-align:right;" | –0.25
| style="text-align:right;" | 3
| style="text-align:right;" | ±0
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|Christian Democratic People's Party]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Christian democracy]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.16
| style="text-align:right;" | –0.60
| style="text-align:right;" | 1
| style="text-align:right;" | ±0
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Swiss Democrats}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Swiss Democrats]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Nationalism]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.41
| style="text-align:right;" | –1.77
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | –1
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Entente [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|PDC of Jura South]] / [[FDP.The Liberals|Liberal Party of Jura]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Separatism]] – [[Christian democracy]] – [[Classical liberalism]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.24
| style="text-align:right;" | –0.10
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | –1
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" | Others
| style="text-align:left;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.83
| style="text-align:right;" | –0.74
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | –1
|- style="background: #E9E9E9"
! style="text-align:left;" colspan=3| Total
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" |
| '''160'''
| style="text-align:right;" | –
|-
| colspan=7 style="text-align:left;" | Source: [http://www.sta.be.ch/wahlen10/requestDispatcher.aspx?method=read&page=stat_ant&sprache=fr Canton of Berne]
|}


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 12:51, 12 February 2022

Grand Council

Grosser Rat (German)
Grand conseil (French)
Type
Type
Leadership
President
Jürg Iseli
Structure
Seats160
Political groups
Government parties (132)
  •   SVP/UDC 46
  •   SP/PS 38
  •   FDP/PLR 20
  •   Greens (GPS/PES) 13
  •   BDP/PBD 13

Other parliamentary parties (28)

[1]
Elections
Party-list proportional representation
Hagenbach-Bischoff system
Last election
2018
Meeting place
Rathaus
Website
https://www.gr.be.ch/

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 (districts of Courtelary, La Neuveville and Moutier) has 12 seats guaranteed, and 3 seats are guaranteed for the French-speaking minority of the bilingual district of Biel/Bienne.

Election

The council is re-elected every four years. Like other legislatures in Switzerland, elections use party list proportional representation. There are nine constituencies, based on the districts of the Canton.

Districts of the canton of Bern
Constituency Boundaries Seats
Biel-Bienne - Seeland Districts of Biel/Bienne and Seeland 26
Mittelland North North Part of Bern-Mittelland 22
Bern City of Bern 20
Mittelland-South South Part of Bern-Mittelland 20
Thun District of Thun 17
Oberland Oberland region (contains three districts) 16
Emmental District of Emmental 15
Bernese Jura District of Jura Bernois 12
Oberaargau District of Oberaargau 12

Composition

The last election was held in 2018.

References

  1. ^ https://www.gr.be.ch/

All links are in German and French, unless otherwise noted.

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