Grand Council of Basel-Stadt election, 2016

Grand Council election, 2016

23 October 2016
All 100 seats in the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt (51 seats needed for a majority)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Brigitte Hollinger Sebastian Frehner Patricia von Falkenstein Party Social Democrats Swiss People's Liberals Last election 33 seats, 30.7% 15 seats, 15% 10 seats, 9.6% Seats before 33 15 10 Seats won 34 15 14 Seat change 1 4 Percentage 32.5% 14.3% 13.8% Swing 1.8pp 0.7pp 4.2pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Mück / Zürcher (BastA!), Ackermann / Friedl (Greens) Luca Urgese Andrea Strahm Party Greens FDP.The Liberals Christian Democrats Last election 13 seats, 11.8% 12 seats, 11.1% 8 seats, 7.3% Seats before 13 12 8 Seats won 14 10 7 Seat change 1 2 1 Percentage 13.4% 9.2% 5.9% Swing 1.6pp 1.9pp 1.4pp   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Katja Christ Beatrice Mahler Gabriella Ess Dahinden Party Green Liberals Evangelical People's Active Bettingen Last election 5 seats, 5.0% 1, 1.4% 1, 0.7% Seats before 5 1 1 Seats won 4 1 1 Seat change 1 Percentage 4.3% 1.4% 0.7% Swing 0.7pp [1]

Elections to the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt were held on 23 October 2016. The big winners were the Liberal Party of Basel-Stadt, who increased their popular vote from 9.6% in 2012 to 13.8% and gaining four additional seats. Both centre-left parties, the Social Democrats and the Green Party also gained ground and won one additional seat each. The losers of the elections were the centrist Christian Democratic People's Party, which lost one seat, the Green Liberal Party who lost one seat and the FDP who lost two seats; the right-wing anti-immigration party "Volksaktion" lost both of their seats.

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