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 most recent election was on 18 October 2020.

Grand Council of Aargau Grosse Rat
Type
Type	Unicameral legislature
Structure
Seats	140
Political groups	SVP (43)   SP (23)   FDP (21)   CVP (18)   Greens (14)   GLP (13)   EVP (6)   EDU (2)
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation Hagenbach-Bischoff system
Last election	2020
Meeting place
Grossratsgebäude, Aarau

Largest party per constituency and seat distribution in the 2020 election

Parties

At the elections between 1997 and 2020 the parties won the following number of seats and votes:

	Seats	2020	2016	2012	2009	2005	2001	1997
	SVP	43	45	45	45	46	72	47
	FDP	21	22	22	20	24	40	40
	SP	23	27	22	22	30	36	48
	CVP	18	17	19	21	26	32	37
	Grüne	14	10	10	13	7	7	6
	glp	13	7	8	5	---	---	---
	EVP	6	6	6	6	7	8	8
	BDP	---	4	6	4	---	---	---
	EDU	2	2	2	2	---	---	1
	SD	---	---	---	2	---	4	7
	FP	---	---	---	---	---	1	4
	LdU	---	---	---	---	---	---	2
	total	140	140	140	140	140	200	200

	Votes	2020	2016	2012	2009	2005	2001	1997
	SVP	30,3%	31,9%	32,0%	31,9%	30,3%	33,5%	21,9%
	SP	16,6%	18,9%	15,2%	15,7%	19,7%	18,6%	21,7%
	FDP	14,7%	16,0%	15,4%	14,3%	16,9%	19,0%	19,6%
	CVP	12,8%	12,1%	13,3%	15,0%	17,5%	15,0%	17,3%
	Grüne	10,1%	7,1%	7,4%	8,9%	6,8%	4,0%	3,5%
	GLP	9,2%	5,3%	5,5%	3,5%	---	---	---
	EVP	4,2%	4,1%	3,9%	4,5%	5,7%	4,9%	4,3%
	BDP	---	2,7%	4,4%	3,1%	---	---	---
	EDU	1,6%	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%	---

Members

• List of members of the Grand Council of Aargau (2021–2024)

External links

• (in German) Grand Council of Aargau official website