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The Grand Council of Neuchâtel (french: Grand Conseil du canton de Neuchâtel) is the

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of the canton of Neuchâtel, in Switzerland. Neuchâtel, styled as a Republic and Canton (''République et Canton''), has a

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legislature. The Grand Council has 100 seats, with members elected every four years.

2021 election

The election of the Grand Council for the 2021-2025 legislature took place on 18 April 2021. This new legislature saw the number of deputies fall from 115 to 100, elected within a single electoral constituency at the cantonal level, replacing the former election by districts. The election is also marked by the rejuvenation of the elected members, with an average age of 44, compared to 48 in the previous legislature. The election of 18 April 2021 saw a historic score for the election of women in a Swiss cantonal parliament and, for the first time in the history of the Grand Council of Neuchâtel, women were in the majority, with 58 out of 100 deputies. Solidarity did not reach the quorum and is no longer represented in the Grand Council. For the 2021-2025 legislature, the distribution of seats is as follows: * PLR.The Liberal-Radicals: 32 seats *

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...

: 21 seats * Greens: 19 seats * Green Liberal Party: 8 seats * Democratic Union of the Centre: 8 seats *

Swiss Party of Labour The Swiss Party of Labour (german: Partei der Arbeit der Schweiz; french: Parti Suisse du Travail – Parti Ouvrier et Populaire; it, Partito Svizzero del Lavoro – Partito Operaio e Popolare; rm, Partida svizra da la lavur) is a communist pa ...

: 8 seats * The Centre: 4 seats The elected members take office on 25 May 2021.

2017 election

On 2 April 2017, PLR.The Liberal-Radicals won a plurality, with 43 of the 115 seats. They supplanted the

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, who won 32. The Greens (17 seats), Democratic Union of the Centre (9 seats),

(8 seats), Green Liberal Party (4 seats), Solidarity (2 seats), and

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(2 seats) also won representation.

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Grand Council of Neuchâtel official website
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2021 election

2017 election

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