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.
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February 20, 2023
grand, council, bern, this, article, needs, updated, please, help, update, this, article, reflect, recent, events, newly, available, information, march, 2018, grand, council, german, grosser, french, grand, conseil, parliament, swiss, canton, bern, grand, coun. This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information March 2018 The Grand Council German Grosser Rat French Grand conseil is the parliament of the Swiss canton of Bern Grand Council Grosser Rat German Grand conseil French TypeTypeUnicameralLeadershipPresidentJurg IseliStructureSeats160Political groupsGovernment parties 132 SVP UDC 46 SP PS 38 FDP PLR 20 Greens GPS PES 13 BDP PBD 13Other parliamentary parties 28 GLP PVL 11 EVP PEV 10 EDU 5 CVP PDC 1 AL 1 PSA 2 1 ElectionsVoting systemParty list proportional representationHagenbach Bischoff systemLast election2018Meeting placeRathausWebsitehttps www gr be ch 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 Contents 1 Election 2 Composition 3 References 4 External linksElection EditThe 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 SeatsBiel Bienne Seeland Districts of Biel Bienne and Seeland 26Mittelland North North Part of Bern Mittelland 22Bern City of Bern 20Mittelland South South Part of Bern Mittelland 20Thun District of Thun 17Oberland Oberland region contains three districts 16Emmental District of Emmental 15Bernese Jura District of Jura Bernois 12Oberaargau District of Oberaargau 12Composition EditThe last election was held in 2018 2 2018 2022 composition of the Grand CouncilReferences Edit Home gr be ch Aktuelle Grossratsmitglieder von A Z Kanton Bern Canton de Berne in German Retrieved 12 February 2022 Swiss Grand Councils in the Ancien Regime in German French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland External links EditAll links are in German and French unless otherwise noted Official website of the Grand Council of Bern German language Wikipedia article on the Grand Council of Bern Websites for the 2002 and 2006 Grand Council elections Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grand Council of Bern amp oldid 1103090488, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
