Grand Council of Aargau

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

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.

At the last election, held on 8 March 2009, the electoral system changed, which, along with the emergence of the Green Liberal Party and Conservative Democrats, saw the number of parties in the legislature increase significantly. The Swiss People's Party remained the largest party in the legislature, with 45 seats: more than twice as many as the next-largest party, the Social Democratic Party. However, the four main parties all lost ground, with the Green Party and smaller parties picking up seats.

 Summary of the 8 March 2009 Aargau Grand Council election results

Party		Ideology	Vote %	Vote % ±	Seats	Seats ±
	Swiss People's Party	National conservatism	31.92	+2.61	45	−1
	Social Democratic Party	Social democracy	15.73	−4.24	22	−8
	Christian Democratic People's Party	Christian democracy	15.02	−2.62	21	−5
	FDP.The Liberals	Classical liberalism	14.30	−2.70	20	−4
	Green Party	Green politics	8.89	+1.48	13	+6
	Evangelical People's Party	Christian democracy	4.47	−1.50	7	−1
	Green Liberal Party	Green liberalism	3.46	N/A	5	N/A
	Conservative Democratic Party	Conservative liberalism	3.06	N/A	4	N/A
	Federal Democratic Union	Christian right	1.76	+1.28	4	+4
	Swiss Democrats	Nationalism	1.24	−0.10	2	+2
	Others		3.14	N/A	0	N/A
Total			100.00	–	140	–
Source: Canton of Aargau

External links

• (German) Grand Council of Aargau official website