Grand Council of Basel-Stadt

The Grand Council has eight parties, with the Social Democrats by far the largest party. The centre-right is fragmented between four parties.

The Grand Council of Basel-Stadt (German: Grosser Rat) is the legislature of the canton of Basel-Stadt, in Switzerland. Basel-Stadt has a unicameral legislature. The Grand Council has 100 seats, with members elected every four years. Members of the canton's executive, the Executive Council, are elected on the same day.

At the last election, held on 14 September 2008, the Social Democratic Party fared badly, but retained its dominant position, with more than twice as many seats as the next-largest party, the Swiss People's Party (SVP). The legislature was reduced from 130 seats to 100, making all existing parties to lose ground. However, the SVP and Green Party both did relatively well, as did the new centrist Green Liberal Party, which won five seats.

 Summary of the 14 September 2008 Basel-Stadt Grand Council election results
Party Ideology Vote %1 Vote % ± Seats Seats ±
Social Democratic Party Social democracy 29.7 −3.1 32 −14
Swiss People's Party National conservatism 13.7 +1.7 14 −1
Green Party Green politics 13.8 +2.3 13 −3
Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism 9.9 −1.8 11 −6
Liberal Party Classical liberalism 8.4 +0.4 9 −3
Christian Democratic People's Party Christian democracy 9.3 +1.1 8 −3
Green Liberal Party Green liberalism 5.1 N/A 5 N/A
Evangelical People's Party Christian democracy 4.4 −0.1 4 −2
Democratic Social Party Social democracy 3.1 −1.5 3 −3
Active Bettingen Liberalism N/A N/A 1 ±0
Swiss Democrats—Federal Democratic Union 2.4 −0.8 0 ±0
Homosexual List 0.2 N/A 0 N/A
Total 100.00 – 100 −30
1 Excludes Bettingen, which was contested only by Active Bettingen.
Source: Canton of Basel-Stadt

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