LDP loses in Basel parliament, SP and SVP make slight gains
Published: Sunday, Oct 20th 2024, 22:00
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The SP gained 1 seat in the Basel parliament, while the Greens remained stable. The LDP, previously the strongest conservative party, lost 2 seats and is therefore equally represented as the SVP with one seat gain, as the final results from Sunday evening showed.
A novelty was that the Greens and the left-wing party Basta ran on their own this time and no longer as the Green-Alternative Alliance with a joint list. Even separately, the two parties were able to retain their total of 18 seats with a voter share of 11% and 6.7% respectively. This is a total of 1.1 percentage points more than the alliance achieved four years ago.
In contrast to the canton of Aargau on today's election Sunday and the national trend, the Greens did not suffer any losses. Basta gained 6 seats, making it a new independent party with parliamentary strength.
At 31, the SP is still the strongest parliamentary group in the Grand Council, although it has lost ground in terms of voter share. This amounted to 29.2%, 0.8 percentage points less than in the 2020 elections. Nevertheless, the SP gained one seat.
SVP now the most popular conservative party
The SVP also won the election. It was able to increase its voter share from 11% to 13.3%. This means that it, and no longer the LDP, is the strongest conservative force in the canton. It was able to increase its number of seats from 11 to 12. Like the SP, however, it was not quite able to make up for the loss of 4 seats in the 2020 elections.
One of the losers in the middle-class bloc was the Basel-specific LDP. It lost 2 seats and had to settle for a voter share of 12.4 percent (1.7 percentage points less). Although it performed less well than the SVP, the LDP is still the strongest civic group in the Grand Council thanks to the representative of the small local party "Aktives Bettingen".
GLP continues to tip the scales despite loss
FDP and Center remain equally strong in the town hall. The Liberals achieved a voter share of 7.9% - only slightly less than four years ago. The Center Party remained stable at 7 seats and was able to increase its voter share by 0.4 percentage points to 6.7%. Their parliamentary group partners from the small party EVP increased their previous 3 seats to 4 with almost the same voter share of 3.6%.
The Green Liberals' share of the electorate shrank from 7.8% to 6.8%. Although they are now only represented in parliament by 7 instead of 8 people, they are likely to continue to tip the scales in the future, depending on the constellation. With 49 seats, the left-wing party faces a middle-class block of 43 seats.
The far-right People's Action party, whose MP Eric Weber is not a member of any parliamentary group, is still represented with one seat.
The voter turnout was 41.3 percent.
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