Politics Canton of Geneva

1 politics

1.1 municipalities
1.2 government
1.3 parliament
1.4 federal elections

1.4.1 national council
1.4.2 council of states
1.4.3 federal election results

politics

municipalities


municipalities of canton of geneva

there 45 municipalities in canton (as of 2017).

geneva not have administrative districts. there 13 cities population of on 10,000 of 2016:

genève, 198,979 residents
vernier, 34,983 residents
lancy, 31,661 residents
meyrin, 23,044 residents
carouge, 21,868 residents
onex, 18,825 residents
thônex, 13,906 residents
versoix, 13,247 residents
le grand-saconnex, 12,075 residents
chêne-bougeries, 11,489 residents
veyrier, 11,535 residents
plan-les-ouates, 10,571 residents
bernex, 10,045 residents

government

the constitution of canton established in 1847; , has, since then, been amended several times. cantonal government (conseil d État) has 7 members elected 4 years.

parliament

the legislature, grand council (grand conseil), has 100 seats, deputies elected 4 years @ time.

the last elecation held on 7 october 2013.

in similar way happens @ federal level, change constitution subject compulsory referendum. in addition, law can subject referendum if demanded 7,000 persons entitled vote, , 10,000 persons may propose new law.

federal elections
national council

the republique , canton of geneva has 11 seats in national council. on 18 october 2015, in federal election popular party liberals (plr/fdp) received 3 seats 20.5% of votes. next 2 popular parties social democratic party (ps/sp) 3 seats (19.9%), followed udc/svp 2 seats (17.6%), , christian democratic people s party (pdc/cvp) (12.1%), green party (pes/gps) (11.5%), , geneva citizens movement (mcg) (7.9%) each 1 seat. in federal election, total of 106,852 votes cast, , voter turnout 42.9%.

council of states

on 8/16 november 2015, in federal election councilor liliane maury pasquier, member of social democratic party (ps/sp), re-elected in second round conseillère des États of canton of geneva majority of 44,215 votes. part of council of states (french: conseil des États) since 2007. councilor robert cramer, member of green party (pes/gps), re-elected in second round majority of 42,075 votes. part of council of states since 2007.

federal election results


^a fdp before 2009, fdp.the liberals after 2009
^b * indicates party not on ballot in canton.
^c part of fdp election
^d combined sd election




^ liste officielle des communes de la suisse – 23.03.2017 . office fédéral de la statistique. retrieved 27 november 2017. 
^ swiss federal statistical office - stat-tab, online database – ständige und nichtständige wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen gliederungen, geburtsort und staatsangehörigkeit (in german) accessed 30 august 2017
^ grand conseil: partis politiques (official site) (in french). république et canton de genève. retrieved 2015-10-30. 
^ election du grand conseil du 6 octobre 2013 (official site) (in french). république et canton de genève. 6 october 2013. retrieved 2015-10-30. 
^ condition pour l aboutissement d un référendum cantonal archived 20 july 2011 @ wayback machine. (in french). retrieved 27 april 2011
^ condition pour l aboutissement d une initiative cantonale archived 20 july 2011 @ wayback machine. (in french). retrieved 27 april 2011
^ canton de genève, conseil national, 11 sièges (in french, german, , italian). neuchâtel, switzerland: swiss federal statistical office. 18 october 2015. retrieved 2015-10-28. 
^ council of states - results: geneva . swiss federal confederation. 8 november 2015. retrieved 2015-10-28. 
^ nationalratswahlen: stärke der parteien nach kantonen (schweiz = 100%) (report). swiss federal statistical office. 2015.