Editing Basel (section)

=== Parliament ===
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The city's and canton's parliament, the [[Grand Council of Basel-Stadt]] ('''Grosser Rat'''), consists of 100 seats, with members (called in German: ''Grossrat/Grossrätin'') elected every 4 years. The sessions of the Grand Council are public. Unlike the members of the Executive Council, the members of the Grand Council are not politicians by profession, but they are paid a fee based on their attendance. Any resident of Basel allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the parliament. The delegates are elected by means of a system of [[Proportional representation|Proporz]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grosserrat.bs.ch/parlament/wahlen/proporz |title=Proporzwahl |type=official site |publisher=Grosser Rat des Kantons Basel-Stadt |language=de |location=Basel |access-date=2021-10-25}}</ref> The legislative body holds its meetings in the red Town Hall (''Rathaus'').

The last election was held on 25 October 2020 for the mandate period (''Legislatur'') of 2021–2025.<ref name=Elect20>{{cite web |url=https://www.staatskanzlei.bs.ch/politische-rechte/wahlen-abstimmungen/resultate-archiv/wahlen-2020.html |title=Wahlen 2020 |type=official site |publisher=Staatskanzlei, Kanton Basel-Stadt |language=de |location=Basel |access-date=2021-10-25 |archive-date=25 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160708/https://www.staatskanzlei.bs.ch/politische-rechte/wahlen-abstimmungen/resultate-archiv/wahlen-2020.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{As of|2021|02|01}}, the Grand Council consist of 30 (−5) members of the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party (SP)]], 18 (+5) ''Grün-Alternatives Bündnis (GAB)'' (a collaboration of the [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party (GPS)]], its junior party, and [[Basels starke Alternative]] (BastA!)), 14 (−1) [[Liberal-Demokratische Partei of Basel|Liberal-Demokratische Partei (LDP)]], 11 (−4) members of the [[Swiss People's Party]] (SVP), 8 (+5) [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|Green Liberal Party (glp)]], 7 (−3) [[FDP.The Liberals|The Liberals (FDP)]], 7 (-) [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP)]], 3 (+2) [[Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland|Evangelical People's Party (EVP)]], and one each representative of the ''Aktive Bettingen (AB)'' and ''Volks-Aktion gegen zuviele Ausländer und Asylanten in unserer Heimat'' (VA).<ref>{{cite web |title=Politisches Kräfteverhältnis |trans-title=Political balance of power |url=http://www.grosserrat.bs.ch/de/mitglieder-gremien/kraefteverhaeltnis |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419155904/http://www.grosserrat.bs.ch/de/mitglieder-gremien/kraefteverhaeltnis |archive-date=19 April 2018 |access-date=2021-10-25 |publisher=Grosser Rat des Kantons Basel-Stadt |language=de |type=official site |location=Basel}}</ref>

The left parties missed an absolute majority by two seats.