Grand Council of Aargau

Grand Council of Aargau Grosse Rat
Type
Type	Unicameral legislature
Structure
Seats	140
Political groups	SVP (48)   SP (23)   FDP (22)   The Centre (18)   GLP (11)   Greens (10)   EVP (5)   EDU (3)
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation Hagenbach-Bischoff system
Last election	2024
Next election	2028
Meeting place
Grossratsgebäude, Aarau

The Grand Council of Aargau (German : Grosser Rat) is the legislature of the canton of Aargau, in Switzerland. Aargau has a unicameral legislature. The Grand Council has 140 seats, with members elected every four years. The most recent election was on 18 October 2020.

Parties

At the elections between 1997 and 2024 the parties won the following number of seats and votes: ^{[1] [2]}

	Seats	2024	2020	2016	2012	2009	2005	2001	1997
	SVP	48	43	45	45	45	46	72	47
	FDP	22	21	22	22	20	24	40	40
	SP	23	23	27	22	22	30	36	48
	CVP	---	18	17	19	21	26	32	37
	Die Mitte	18	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	Grüne	10	14	10	10	13	7	7	6
	GLP	11	13	7	8	5	---	---	---
	EVP	5	6	6	6	6	7	8	8
	BDP	---	---	4	6	4	---	---	---
	EDU	3	2	2	2	2	---	---	1
	SD	---	---	---	---	2	---	4	7
	FP	---	---	---	---	---	---	1	4
	LdU	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	2
	total	140	140	140	140	140	140	200	200

	Votes	2024	2020	2016	2012	2009	2005	2001	1997
	SVP	33,9%	30,3%	31,9%	32,0%	31,9%	30,3%	33,5%	21,9%
	SP	16,1%	16,6%	18,9%	15,2%	15,7%	19,7%	18,6%	21,7%
	FDP	15,4%	14,7%	16,0%	15,4%	14,3%	16,9%	19,0%	19,6%
	Die Mitte	12,9%	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	CVP	---	12,8%	12,1%	13,3%	15,0%	17,5%	15,0%	17,3%
	Grüne	7,4%	10,1%	7,1%	7,4%	8,9%	6,8%	4,0%	3,5%
	GLP	8,2%	9,2%	5,3%	5,5%	3,5%	---	---	---
	EVP	3,9%	4,2%	4,1%	3,9%	4,5%	5,7%	4,9%	4,3%
	BDP	---	---	2,7%	4,4%	3,1%	---	---	---
	EDU	1,8%	1,6%	1,8%	1,7%	1,8%	0,7%	1,0%	1,3%
	SD	---	---	---	0,7%	1,2%	1,3%	1,8%	3,2%
	LdU	---	---	---	---	---	---	1,4%	---

Members

• List of members of the Grand Council of Aargau (2021–2024)

References

1. "Election results in the canton of Aargau". Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
2. "Grossratswahlen" (in German). 19 October 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2026.

External links

• (in German) Grand Council of Aargau official website