Editing Chur (section)

==Politics==
===Coat of arms===
Blazon: ''Argent, a city gate gules with three [[merlon]]s, within which a capricorn rampant sable, langued and viriled of the second.''

===Administrative divisions===

===Government===
The City Council (''Stadtrat'') constitutes the [[executive (government)|executive]] government of the City of Chur and operates as a [[collegiate authority]]. It is composed of only three councilors ({{langx|de|Stadtrat/Stadträtin}}), each presiding over a department. In the mandate period 2021–2024 (''Legislatur'') the City Council is presided by ''Stadtpräsident'' {{ill|Urs Marti|de|Urs Marti (Politiker)}}. Departmental tasks, coordination measures and implementation of laws decreed by the Municipal Council (parliament) are carried by the City Council. The regular election of the City Council by any inhabitant valid to vote is held every four years. Any resident of Chur allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the City Council. The current mandate period is from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2024. The delegates are elected by means of a system of [[proportional representation]]. The mayor is elected as such by public election by means of a system of [[majoritarian representation]], while the heads of the other departments are assigned by the collegiate.<ref name=CC>{{cite web |url=http://www.chur.ch/de/politikundverwaltung/stadtratred/exekutive/ |title=Stadtrat |publisher=Stadt Chur |type=official site |language=de |location=Chur, Switzerland |date=2020 |access-date=2022-11-10}}</ref>

{{As of|2020}}, Chur's City Council is made up of one representative of the FDP ([[FDP.The Liberals]], who is also the mayor), one of the SP ([[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party]]), and one new member of [[The Centre (political party)|The Centre (former CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD)]], giving the right parties a new majority of two out of three seats. The last regular election was held on 27 September 2020.<ref name=CC/>

{|class="wikitable"
|+ ''Stadtrat'' of Chur<ref name=CC/>
! City Councillor<br />(''Stadtrat/ Stadträtin'') !! Party !! Head of Department (''Leitung des Departementes'', since) of !! elected since
|-
| '''{{ill|Urs Marti|de|Urs Marti (Politiker)}}'''<ref group=CC>Mayor (''Stadtpräsident'').</ref> || {{Color box|{{party color|FDP.The Liberals}}|border=darkgray}} FDP || Finanzen Wirtschaft Sicherheit (Finances Economy Security, 2021) || 2012
|-
| [[Patrik Degiacomi]] || {{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}|border=darkgray}} SP  || Bildung Gesellschaft Kultur (Education Society Culture, 2021) || 2016
|-
| [[Sandra Maissen]] || {{Color box|{{party color|The Centre (political party)}}|border=darkgray}} Centre || Bau Planung Umwelt (Construction Planning Environment, 2021) || 2020
|}
{{reflist|group=CC}}

===Parliament===
{{Pie chart
| thumb =right
| caption =The ''Gemeinderat'' of Chur for the mandate period of 2021–2024
| other  =
| label1 =SP
| value1 ={{#expr: 6/(21/100) round 1}}
| color1 ={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Switzerland}}
| label2 =FL&G
| value2 ={{#expr: 2/(21/100) round 1}}
| color2 =green
| label3 =glp
| value3 ={{#expr: 2/(21/100) round 1}}
| color3 ={{party color|Green Liberal Party of Switzerland}}
| label4 =Centre
| value4 ={{#expr: 3/(21/100) round 1}}
| color4 ={{party color|Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland}}
| label5 =FDP
| value5 ={{#expr: 4/(21/100) round 1}}
| color5 ={{party color|FDP.The Liberals}}
| label6 =SVP
| value6 ={{#expr: 4/(21/100) round 1}}
| color6 ={{party color|Swiss People's Party}}
}}
The Municipal Council (''Gemeinderat'') holds [[legislative power]]. It is made up of only 21 members, with elections held every four years. The Municipal Council decrees regulations and by-laws that are executed by the City Council and the administration. The delegates are selected by means of a system of [[proportional representation|Proporz]].

The sessions of the Municipal Council are public. Unlike members of the City Council, members of the Municipal Council are not politicians by profession, and they are paid a fee based on their attendance. Any resident of Chur allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the Municipal Council. The parliament holds its meetings in the {{ill|Town Hall (Chur)|lt=Town Hall|de|Rathaus (Chur)}}.<ref name=GR>{{cite web |url=http://www.chur.ch/de/politikundverwaltung/gemeinderat/ |title=Gemeinderat |publisher=Stadt Chur |type=official site |location=Chur, Switzerland |language=de |access-date=2022-11-10}}</ref>

The last regular election of the Municipal Council was held on 27 September 2020 for the mandate period ({{langx|de|Legislatur}}) from January 2021 to December 2024. Currently the Municipal Council consist of 6 (-, no change) members of the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party (SP/PS)]], 4 (-) [[Swiss People's Party|Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)]], 4 (+1) [[FDP.The Liberals|The Liberals (FDP/PLR)]], 3 (+1) [[The Centre (political party)|The Centre (former CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD)]], 3 (+2) [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|Green Liberal Party (GLP/PVL)]], 2 (-) ''Freie Liste & Grüne'' (Free List & Greens), while the [[Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland|Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD)]] lost all their 3 seats due to Dissolution and merged with former CVP.<ref name=GR/>

===Elections===
====National Council====
In the [[2015 Swiss federal election|2015 federal election]] the most popular party was the [[Swiss People's Party|SVP/UDC]] with 26.43% of the vote followed almost equally by the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|SP/PS]] (25.96%), then the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|CVP/PDC]] (13.74%), the [[FDP.The Liberals|FDP/PLR]] (12.06%), the BDP/PBD (11.97), and the GLP/PVL (9.71). In the federal election, a total of 11,102 votes were cast, and the [[voter turnout]] was 45.4%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Selection.aspx?px_language=de&px_db=px-x-1702020000_105&px_tableid=px-x-1702020000_105\px-x-1702020000_105.px&px_type=PX |title=Nationalratswahlen (Parteistimmen und Parteistärke seit 1975: Bezirke und Gemeinden) |publisher=Federal Statistical Office (FSO) |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |date=2015 |language=de, fr |access-date=2017-01-01}}</ref>