Grand Council of Geneva
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 1457, and has 100 seats, with members elected every four years. Members of the canton's executive, the Conseil d'Etat, are elected a month later.
There is a 7% threshold to representation on the Grand Council. Seven parties overcame that hurdle at the election that was held on 11 October 2009. Then, the Liberal Party won a plurality, with 20 of the 100 seats. However, the centre-right 'Entente', to which the Liberals belong, suffered significant losses, primarily at the expense of the populist Geneva Citizens' Movement, who are the joint-second largest party, with the Green Party.
The most-recent election was held on 6 October 2013.
| Party | Ideology | Vote % | Vote % ± | Seats | Seats ± | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party | Classical liberalism | 16.71 | –1.71 | 20 | –3 | |||
| Green Party | Green politics | 15.34 | +1.51 | 17 | +1 | |||
| Geneva Citizens' Movement | Populism | 14.74 | +7.01 | 17 | +8 | |||
| Social Democratic Party | Social democracy | 12.91 | –1.71 | 15 | –2 | |||
| Christian Democratic People's Party | Christian democracy | 9.91 | +0.07 | 11 | –1 | |||
| Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism | 9.59 | –0.90 | 11 | –1 | |||
| Swiss People's Party | National conservatism | 8.56 | –1.04 | 9 | –2 | |||
| solidaritéS–Swiss Party of Labour | Socialism | 6.40 | –7.171 | 0 | ±0 | |||
| Defence of the Elderly | Pensioners' party | 5.85 | N/A | 0 | N/A | |||
| Total (turnout 39.66%) | 100.00 | – | 100 | – | ||||
| 1 Compared to total of separate solidaritéS (6.67%) and 'Alliance of the Left' (6.90%) lists in 2005 | ||||||||
| Source: Republic and Canton of Geneva | ||||||||