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The Green Alliance and the Green Liberals win seats on the Grand Council. At the same time, the red-green majority in government is wavering. District President Elisabeth Ackermann (GB) has to go to the second ballot.
It was a true electoral thriller. While it seemed for a long time that career-changing Stephanie Eymann (LDP) was going to make the jump to government immediately, the bottom line shows: Eymann missed the absolute more precisely. Only 79 votes were missing.
Former CFO Tanja Soland (SP), Health Director Lukas Engelberger (CVP) and Education Director Conradin Cramer (LDP) were elected to the government. Also elected is the National Councilor Beat Jans (SP), who is new to the government.
Two above have to do an extra round
Meanwhile, the Director of Justice and Security Baschi Dürr (FDP) and the district president, Elisabeth Ackermann (Greens), lost the absolute majority. The latter has been heavily criticized in recent months for his decision to dismiss the director of the Historical Museum, Marc Fehlmann. Ackermann lands in ninth place.
Grand Councilor Kaspar Sutter (SP) and Grand Councilor Esther Keller (GLP) also have to go to the second ballot. Senior Vice President Candidate Attorney Stefan Suter and Christine Kaufmann (Executive Vice President) didn’t stand a chance.
The results of the first vote give the bourgeoisie hope that for the first time they will be able to overthrow the red-green majority in the government that has been in place since 2005. The SP and the Green Alliance want to prevent this with a service of parcel.
The race for the regional council is still open. None of the three candidates achieved an absolute majority. Stephanie Eymann (LDP) stands opposite the current district president, Elisabeth Ackermann (Greens) and Esther Keller (GLP).
Green wave hits the Great Council
The interim result shows that the trend in Switzerland is likely to continue in the Parliament in Basel. Based on interim results, both the Green Alliance (+3) and the Green Liberals (+4) can make significant progress in the Grand Council. The GLP regained the strength of a parliamentary group in Basel and, according to votes in letters, now even has one more seat in parliament than the FDP.
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Liberals, like the SVP, are among the losers of the day. Both parties threaten to lose three seats each.
The PLD is likely to overtake the SVP and is likely to become the strongest bourgeois force in the Basel parliament, without, however, having won seats. The SP is likely to lose most of the seats. The Social Democrats threaten to lose four seats. However, the SP remains unchallenged at the top with 30 seats on the Grand Council.
Interim results are extrapolations. The final result and the final allocation of places are expected at 9:00 p.m.
