Grand Council of Vaud

This article has multiple issues. Please help or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2018) This article relies too much on references to primary sources. Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources. (November 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Grand Council of Vaud Grand Conseil du Canton de Vaud
Type
Term limits	5 years
History
Preceded by	2012
Leadership
President	Sonya Butera, PS since 2020
First Vice-President	Laurence Cretegny, PLR since 2020
Second Vice-President	Séverine Evequoz, Les Vert.e.s since 2020
Structure
Seats	150
Political groups	Liberal-Radicals (PLR) (49)   Social Democratic Party (PS) (37)   People’s Party (UDC) (25)   Greens (PES) (21)   Green Liberals (PVL) (8)   Alliance of the Centre (5)   (5)

The new assembly room of the Grand Council of Vaud, inaugurated in 2017.

The Grand Council of Vaud (French: Grand Conseil de Vaud) is the legislature of the canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. Vaud has a unicameral legislature. The Great Council has 150 seats, with members elected every five years.

The last elections were in 2012 and on 30 April 2017.

Composition[]

The largest groups are the Free Democratic Party (49 seats), followed by the Socialist group (37 seats), the People's Party (25 seats), and the Green group (21 seats).

Composition of the Grand Council

See also[]

• Council of State of Vaud
• List of cantonal legislatures of Switzerland

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grand Conseil du canton de Vaud.

• (in French) Official website