Grand Council of Bern

Grand Council Grosser Rat (German) Grand conseil (French)
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President	Jürg Iseli
Structure
Seats	160
Political groups	Government parties (132)   SVP/UDC 46   SP/PS 38   FDP/PLR 20   Greens (GPS/PES) 13   BDP/PBD 13 Other parliamentary parties (28)   GLP/PVL 11   EVP/PEV 10   EDU 5   CVP/PDC 1   AL 1   PSA 2 [1]
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation Hagenbach-Bischoff system
Last election	2018
Meeting place
Rathaus
Website
https://www.gr.be.ch/

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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.