Grand Council of Vaud
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The Grand Council of Vaud is the legislature
of the canton
of Vaud
, in Switzerland
. Vaud has a unicameral legislature. The Great Council has 150 seats, with members elected every four years.
In the last election
, on 11 March 2007, the Social Democratic Party
won a plurality, with 39 of the 150 seats. The Free Democrats
(29 seats), Swiss People's Party
(26 seats), Green Party
(24 seats), and Liberal Party (20 seats) also won significant blocs. Since then, one Social Democrat and one Liberal have defected to the heterogeneous 'Alliance of the Centre'.
Legislature
A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...
of the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Vaud
Vaud
Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...
, in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. Vaud has a unicameral legislature. The Great Council has 150 seats, with members elected every four years.
In the last election
Grand Council of Vaud election, 2007
The 2007 election to the Grand Council was held in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, on 11 March 2007. All 150 members of the Grand Council were elected for four-year terms, a reduction of 30 from the size of the previous legislature....
, on 11 March 2007, the Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
won a plurality, with 39 of the 150 seats. The Free Democrats
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.The Liberals on 1 January 2009....
(29 seats), Swiss People's Party
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
(26 seats), Green Party
Green Party of Switzerland
The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...
(24 seats), and Liberal Party (20 seats) also won significant blocs. Since then, one Social Democrat and one Liberal have defected to the heterogeneous 'Alliance of the Centre'.