Grand Council of Bern

Grand Council

Grosser Rat (German)
Grand conseil (French)
Type
Type
Leadership
President
Jürg Iseli
Structure
Seats160
Political groups
Government parties (125)
  •   SVP/UDC 44
  •   SP/PS 32
  •   Greens (GPS/PES) 19
  •   FDP/PLR 18
  •   The Centre 12


Other parliamentary parties (35)

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Elections
Party-list proportional representation
Hagenbach-Bischoff system
Last election
2022
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.

  1. ^ "Home". gr.be.ch.
  2. ^ https://www.rrgr-service.apps.be.ch/api/rr/documents/document/5eab845a04364323a17e9012761d82a9-332/3/Beilage-Bericht-04.05.2022-fr.pdf Répartition des siège