Grand Council of Vaud

The Grand Council of Vaud (French: Grand Conseil de 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.

Grand Council of Vaud

Grand Conseil du Canton de Vaud
Type
Term limits
5 years
History
Preceded by2012
Leadership
President
Yves Ravenel, UDC
since 2019
First Vice-President
Sonya Butera, PS
since 2019
Second Vice-President
Laurence Cretegny, PLR
since 2019
Structure
Seats150
Political groups
The new assembly room of the Grand Council of Vaud, inaugurated in 2017.

The last elections were in 2012 and on 30 April 2017.

Composition

The largest groups are the one of the Free Democratic Party (49 seats), followed by the Socialist group (37 seats), followed by the group of the People's Party (25 seats), and the Green group (21 seats).

Composition of the Grand Council

See also

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