Grand Council of Geneva
Grand Council of Geneva | |
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Type | |
Type | Unicameral legislature |
Leadership | |
President | Jean-Marie Voumard (MCG) 14 May 2019 |
1st Vice-president | François Lefort (Greens) 14 May 2019 |
2nd Vice-president | Salima Moyard (PS) 14 May 2019 |
Structure | |
Political groups |
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Elections | |
Party-list proportional representation | |
Last election | 15 April 2018 |
Next election | 2023 |
Meeting place | |
Hôtel de Ville, canton de Genève |
The Grand Council of Geneva (French: Grand Conseil de Genève) is the legislature of the canton of Geneva, in Switzerland. Geneva, styled as a 'Republic and Canton', has a unicameral legislature. The Grand Council was established in its present form and with 100 seats in 1842,[1] with members elected every four years. Its oldest ancestor is the Council of Two Hundred (with 200 seats), founded in 1526.[2] Members of the canton's executive, the Conseil d'Etat, are elected a month later.
There is a 7% threshold that political parties wishing to be represented on the Grand Council must overcome. Seven parties did so at , held on 15 April 2018.
In 2018, on a lower turnout compared with 2013, right-wing populists lost previous gains, with the traditionally dominant parties, the Liberals, the Social Democrats and the Greens, increasing their votes.
Party | Ideology | Vote % | Vote % ± | Seats | Seats ± | |||
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FDP.The Liberals (PLR) | Classical liberalism | 25.18 | +2.81 | 28 | +4 | |||
Social Democratic Party (PS) | Democratic socialism | 15.30 | +0.97 | 17 | +2 | |||
Green Party (PES) | Green politics | 13.16 | +4.00 | 15 | +5 | |||
Christian Democratic People's Party (PDC) | Christian democracy | 10.71 | +0.11 | 12 | +1 | |||
Geneva Citizens' Movement (MCG) | Right-wing populism | 9.43 | -9.80 | 11 | -9 | |||
Together Left (EAG)1 | Communism | 7.83 | -0.92 | 9 | ±0 | |||
Swiss People's Party (UDC) | National conservatism | 7.32 | -3.02 | 8 | -3 | |||
Geneva Forward | 4.10 | +4.10 | 0 | ±0 | ||||
Women's List 2018 | 3.26 | +3.26 | 0 | ±0 | ||||
Green Liberal Party | Green liberalism | 1.60 | -1.46 | 0 | ±0 | |||
Equality and Equity | 0.88 | +0.88 | 0 | ±0 | ||||
List for Geneva | 0.71 | +0.71 | 0 | ±0 | ||||
Conservative Democratic Party | Conservative liberalism | 0.52 | -0.04 | 0 | ±0 | |||
Total | 100.00 | – | 100 | – | ||||
Turnout | 38.77 | 2.28 | – | – | ||||
1 Alliance of SolidaritéS, Swiss Party of Labour, left-wing independents, Defence of the Elderly, Tenants of Housing and Social (DAL), Alternative Left, the Communist Party of Geneva, and Action of Citizens and Workers in Struggle (ACTE) | ||||||||
Source: Republic and Canton of Geneva |
References[]
- ^ "Archives de la République et Canton de Genève", first section, Councils
- ^ "Histoire de Genève" Archived 22 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Helvetia-genevensis Society.
External links[]
- (in French) Grand Council of Geneva official website
- Cantonal legislatures of Switzerland
- Politics of the canton of Geneva
- Unicameral legislatures
- 1842 establishments in Europe