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2016 Grand Council election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Brigitte Hollinger
Sebastian Frehner
Patricia von Falkenstein
Party
Social Democrats
Swiss People's
Liberals
Last election
33 seats, 30.7%
15 seats, 15%
10 seats, 9.6%
Seats before
33
15
10
Seats won
34
15
14
Seat change
1
4
Percentage
32.5%
14.3%
13.8%
Swing
1.8
pp
0.7
pp
4.2
pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Mück / Zürcher (BastA!), Ackermann / Friedl (Greens)
Luca Urgese
Andrea Strahm
Party
Greens
FDP.The Liberals
Christian Democrats
Last election
13 seats, 11.8%
12 seats, 11.1%
8 seats, 7.3%
Seats before
13
12
8
Seats won
14
10
7
Seat change
1
2
1
Percentage
13.4%
9.2%
5.9%
Swing
1.6
pp
1.9
pp
1.4
pp
Seventh party
Eighth party
Ninth party
Leader
Katja Christ
Beatrice Mahler
Gabriella Ess Dahinden
Party
Green Liberals
Evangelical People's
Active Bettingen
Last election
5 seats, 5.0%
1, 1.4%
1, 0.7%
Seats before
5
1
1
Seats won
4
1
1
Seat change
1
Percentage
4.3%
1.4%
0.7%
Swing
0.7
pp
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Elections to the
Grand Council of Basel-Stadt were held on 23 October 2016. The big winners were the
Liberal Party of Basel-Stadt, who increased their popular vote from 9.6% in 2012 to 13.8% and gaining four additional seats. Both
centre-left parties, the
Social Democrats and the
Green Party also gained ground and won one additional seat each. The losers of the elections were the centrist
Christian Democratic People's Party , which lost one seat, the
Green Liberal Party who lost one seat and the FDP who lost two seats; the
right-wing
anti-immigration party "Volksaktion" lost both of their seats.
Opinion polls
References