Grand Council of Aargau

The Grand Council of Aargau (German: Grosser Rat) is the legislature of the canton of Aargau, in Switzerland. Aargau has a unicameral legislature. The Grand Council has 140 seats, with members elected every four years.

The Grand Council has ten parties, with the three centre-right 'bourgeois' parties - the SVP, CVP, and FDP - dominating the legislature.

Parties

At the elections between 1997 and 2016 the different parties reached this seats and votes:[1]

  Seats 2016 2012 2009 2005 2001 1997
  SVP 45 45 45 46 72 47
  FDP 22 22 20 24 40 40
  SP 27 22 22 30 36 48
  CVP 17 19 21 26 32 37
  Grüne 10 10 13 7 7 6
  glp 7 8 5 --- --- ---
  EVP 6 6 6 7 8 8
  BDP 4 6 4 --- --- ---
  EDU 2 2 2 --- --- 1
  SD --- --- 2 --- 4 7
  FP --- --- --- --- 1 4
  LdU --- --- --- --- --- 2
  total 140 140 140 140 200 200
  Votes 2016 2012 2009 2005 2001 1997
  SVP 31,9 % 32,0 % 31,9 % 30,3 % 33,5 % 21,9 %
  SP 18,9 % 15,2 % 15,7 % 19,7 % 18,6 % 21,7 %
  FDP 16,0 % 15,4 % 14,3 % 16,9 % 19,0 % 19,6 %
  CVP 12,1 % 13,3 % 15,0 % 17,5 % 15,0 % 17,3 %
  Grüne 7,1 % 7,4 % 8,9 % 6,8 % 4,0 % 3,5 %
  GLP 5,3 % 5,5 % 3,5 % --- --- ---
  EVP 4,1 % 3,9 % 4,5 % 5,7 % 4,9 % 4,3 %
  BDP 2,7 % 4,4 % 3,1 % --- --- ---
  EDU 1,8 % 1,7 % 1,8 % 0,7 % 1,0 % 1,3 %
  SD --- 0,7 % 1,2 % 1,3 % 1,8 % 3,2 %
  LdU --- --- --- --- 1,4 % ---

References
  1. Election results in the canton of Aargau
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