The Parliament of Jura (french: Parlement du Jura) is the

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of the

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of Jura, in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. Jura, styled a 'Republic and Canton', has a

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legislature. The Parliament has 60 seats, with members elected every five years. The last election, on 18 October 2020, saw the Christian Democratic Party retain its plurality (15 seats). The

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 th ...

(13 seats) and classical liberal Liberal-Radicals (8 seats) remained the second-, and third-largest parties. The

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became the fourth-largest party (7 seats), gaining 3 seats. The national conservative UDC won 7 seats and the

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Christian Social Party won 6 seats. The

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Socialist Combat / Swiss Party of Labour alliance and the Green Liberal Party (competing for the first time) won two each.

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