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- In the new parliament in Biel, the left parties have a majority: they obtain 32 seats.
- The middle one has 8 seats, which is the same number as before.
- The bourgeois parties get 20 seats, 2 less than before.
Together with the SVP, the Greens are now the largest party. They both have 10 seats each. In the middle class, no party managed to win, in the middle only the GLP (+1 seat).
The big winners are the left-wing parties, except the SP (-2 seats). The Greens gain 2 additional seats, PoA, Juso and Passarelle each gain 1 more seat.
A total of more than 350 people ran for the town hall, that is, the parliament of Biel. That is more than in the 2016 and 2012 elections. All Swiss citizens who have lived in Biel for three months and who have the right to vote and vote on cantonal matters are eligible.
High rotation
In the current legislature there were 21 resignations in the city council of Biel. This means that more than a third of the elected members have been replaced. The SP / PSR parliamentary group also ran away from three members: Mohamed Hamdaoui went to CVP, Niels Arnold to GLP and Dana Augsburger-Brom is now running for the Passerelle citizen movement.
In the last elections, the 60 seats in the parliament of the city of Biel were distributed as follows: 30 seats were for the left, 22 for the bourgeoisie (SVP, FDP, PRR and EDU) and 8 for the center (GLP, EPP, BDP). That alone did not give the left a majority. The Biel electorate has now changed that.
