2008 Basel-Stadt Grand Council election

The Grand Council of Basel-Stadt election was held on 14 September 2008. It was the first election under the new constitution and a therefore smaller Grand Council of only 100 representatives instead of 130. Because of that all existing parties lost ground, particularly the Social Democratic Party. The Swiss People's Party (SVP) and the Green Party both did relatively well. The Green Liberal Party entered the Grand Council with 5 representatives.

Results

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Summary of the 14 September 2008 Basel-Stadt Grand Council election results
Party Ideology Vote %1 Vote % ± Seats Seats ±
Social Democratic Party Social democracy 29.7 −3.1 32 −14
Swiss People's Party National conservatism 13.7 +1.7 14 −1
Green Party Green politics 13.8 +2.3 13 −3
Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism 9.9 −1.8 11 −6
Liberal Party Classical liberalism 8.4 +0.4 9 −3
Christian Democratic People's Party Christian democracy 9.3 +1.1 8 −3
Green Liberal Party Green liberalism 5.1 N/A 5 N/A
Evangelical People's Party Christian democracy 4.4 −0.1 4 −2
Democratic Social Party Social democracy 3.1 −1.5 3 −3
Active Bettingen Liberalism N/A N/A 1 ±0
Swiss DemocratsFederal Democratic Union 2.4 −0.8 0 ±0
Homosexual List 0.2 N/A 0 N/A
Total 100.00 100 −30
1 Excludes Bettingen, which was contested only by Active Bettingen.
Source: Canton of Basel-Stadt