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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 its present form and with 100 seats in 1842,[1] with members elected every four years. Its oldest ancestor is the Council of Two Hundred (with 200 seats), founded in 1526.[2] Members of the canton's executive, the Conseil d'Etat, are elected a month later.
There is a 7% threshold that political parties wishing to be represented on the Grand Council must overcome. Seven parties did so at the most recent election, held on 15 April 2018.
In 2018, on a lower turnout compared with 2013, right-wing populists lost previous gains, with the traditionally dominant parties, the Liberals, the Social Democrats and the Greens, increasing their votes.
Summary of the 15 April 2018 Geneva Grand Council election results
Party
Ideology
Vote %
Vote % ±
Seats
Seats ±
PLR.The Liberal-Radicals (PLR)
Classical liberalism
25.18
+2.81
28
+4
Socialist Party (PS)
Democratic socialism
15.30
+0.97
17
+2
Greens (PES)
Green politics
13.16
+4.00
15
+5
Christian Democratic Party (PDC)
Christian democracy
10.71
+0.11
12
+1
Geneva Citizens' Movement (MCG)
Right-wing populism
9.43
−9.80
11
−9
Together Left (EAG)1
Communism
7.83
−0.92
9
0
Democratic Union of the Centre (UDC)
National conservatism
7.32
−3.02
8
−3
Geneva Forward
4.10
+4.10
0
0
Women's List 2018
3.26
+3.26
0
0
Green Liberal Party
Green liberalism
1.60
−1.46
0
0
Equality and Equity
0.88
+0.88
0
0
List for Geneva
0.71
+0.71
0
0
Conservative Democratic Party
Conservative liberalism
0.52
−0.04
0
0
Total
100.00
–
100
–
Turnout
38.77
2.28
–
–
1 Alliance of SolidaritéS, Swiss Party of Labour, left-wing independents, Defence of the Elderly, Tenants of Housing and Social (DAL), Alternative Left, the Communist Party of Geneva, and Action of Citizens and Workers in Struggle (ACTE)
Source: Republic and Canton of Geneva
^"Archives de la République et Canton de Genève", first section, Councils
^"Histoire de Genève" Archived 22 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Helvetia-genevensis Society.
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