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The 'Grand Council' (German: ''Grosser Rat'', French: ''Grand conseil'') is the parliament of the Swiss canton of Bern.
It consists of 160 members (as of 2006) elected by proportional representation for a four-year term of office. The French-speaking part of the canton, the Bernese Jura, has 12 seats guaranteed and 3 seats are guaranteed for the French-speaking minority of the bilingual district of Biel/Bienne.

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Composition

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Composition

After the 2006 and 2002 elections, the Council was composed as follows.

Party	Seats 2002	Voter share 2002	Seats 2006	Voter share 2006
SVP ''(conservative)''	67	31,80%	47	27,42%
SPS ''(social-democratic)''	58	26,45%	42	24,03%
FDP ''(free-market liberal)''	36	17,55%	26	16,38%
GFL/GB ''(green)''	15	9,2%	19	12,9%
EVP ''(evangelical/left)''	11	5,95%	13	7,34%
EDU ''(evangelical/right)''	4	4,75%	6	4,78%
SD ''(nationalist)''	3	1,60%	1	2,19%
CVP ''(centrist)''	2	1,00%	1	1,76%
FPS ''(right-wing)''	0	0,35%	1	0,45%
Entente PDC/PLJ ''(right-wing/regionalist)''	1	0,30%	1	0,33%
PSA ''(left-wing/regionalist)''	2	0,85%	3	1,29%
Others	0	1,12%	0	0,30%
Total	200	100%	160	100%

References

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External links

All links are in German and French, unless otherwise noted.

★ Official website of the Grand Council of Bern

★ Websites for the 2002 and 2006 Grand Council elections