Grand Council of Bern

Grand Council of Bern

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.

Composition

After the 2006 and 2002 elections, the Council was composed as follows.update after|2010|04|20

References

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External links

All links are in German and French, unless otherwise noted.
* [http://www.be.ch/gr/ Official website of the Grand Council of Bern]
* Websites for the [http://www.sta.be.ch/grw02/ 2002] and [http://www.sta.be.ch/site/wahlenabstimmungen-wahlen06 2006] Grand Council elections


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