Grand Council of Valais

The Grand Council of Valais (French: Grand Conseil [ɡʁɑ̃ kɔ̃sɛj]; German: Grosser Rat [ˈɡʁoːsɐ ˌʁaːt]) is the legislature of the canton of Valais, in Switzerland. Valais has a unicameral legislature.

  Verts/Grüne: 13 seats

  PS/SP: 20 seats

  CSPO: 8 seats

  PDC/CVP: 40 seats

  PLR/FDP: 27 seats

  UDC/SVP: 22 seats

Electoral system

Members of the Grand Council of Valais are elected every four years. The Grand Council has 130 seats, elected through six multi-member constituencies via open-list proportional representation and preferential voting.

An additional 130 "substitute members" are elected, on separate lists, whose role it is to replace members who cannot make it to the meetings of the Grand Council.

2021 election

In the last election, on 7 March 2021, the Christian Democratic People's Party (PDC/CVP), which has been in power since 1857, remained the largest party, but with a historically low number of seats. The Green Party and the Social Democratic Party (PS/SP), which allied with the Christian Social Party (PCS) in Romand Valais and with the Greens in Upper Valais, gained several seats.

The classical liberal FDP.The Liberals and the national conservative Swiss People's Party remained the second- and third-largest parties, respectively.

Summary of the 7 March 2021 Valais parliamentary election results

Party		Ideology	Seats	Seats ±
	Christian Democratic People's Party (PDC/CVP)	Christian democracy	48	–7
	Christian Democratic Party of Romand Valais (PDCVr)		27	–5
	Christian Democratic People's Party of Upper Valais (CVPO)		13	±0
	Christian Social People's Party of Upper Valais (CSPO)		8	–2
	FDP.The Liberals (PLR/FDP)	Classical liberalism	27	+1
	Swiss People's Party (UDC/SVP)	National conservatism	22	–1
	Democratic Union of the Centre of Romand Valais (UDCVr)		15	–1
	Swiss People's Party of Upper Valais (SVPO)		7	±0
	Social Democratic Party (PS/SP) and Citizen's Left	Social democracy	21	+3
	Socialist Party of Romand Valais (PSVr)		12	+3
	Centre-Left - PCS (PCS)		4	±0
	Social Democratic Party of Upper Valais (SPO)		3	–1
	Entremont Differently (EA)		1	±0
	Green Party (GPS)1		1	+1
	Green Party (PES)1	Green politics	12	+4
Total (turnout 59.52%)			130	–
Source: Canton of Valais
Footnotes: 1 The Green Party won 12 seats on separate lists in Romand Valais and 1 seat on a Social Democratic List in Upper Valais.

External links

• (in French) Grand Council of Valais official website