The 2009 election to the Grand Council was held in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland, on 11 October 2009. All 100 members of the Grand Council were elected for four-year terms.
The Liberal Party remained the largest party, with twenty seats, having lost three since 2005. The centre-right 'Entente', between the Liberals, Free Democratic Party, and Christian Democrats lost a total of five seats. The main winners were the populist Geneva Citizens' Movement, who almost doubled their number of seats to draw level with the Green Party as the second-largest contingent. The far left alliance between solidaritéS and the Swiss Party of Labour failed to overcome the 7% threshold for representation, despite each having each separately received more than 6% at the 2005 election.
Results
| Party | Ideology | Vote % | Vote % ± | Seats | Seats ± | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party | Classical liberalism | 16.71 | –1.71 | 20 | –3 | |||
| Green Party | Green politics | 15.34 | +1.51 | 17 | +1 | |||
| Geneva Citizens' Movement | Populism | 14.74 | +7.01 | 17 | +8 | |||
| Social Democratic Party | Social democracy | 12.91 | –1.71 | 15 | –2 | |||
| Christian Democratic People's Party | Christian democracy | 9.91 | +0.07 | 11 | –1 | |||
| Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism | 9.59 | –0.90 | 11 | –1 | |||
| Swiss People's Party | National conservatism | 8.56 | –1.04 | 9 | –2 | |||
| solidaritéS–Swiss Party of Labour | Socialism | 6.40 | –7.17 | 0 | ±0 | |||
| Defence of the Elderly | Pensioners' party | 5.85 | N/A | 0 | N/A | |||
| Total (turnout 39.66%) | 100.00 | – | 100 | – | ||||
| Compared to total of separate solidaritéS (6.67%) and 'Alliance of the Left' (6.90%) lists in 2005 | ||||||||
| Source: Republic and Canton of Geneva | ||||||||
Footnotes
- Ruetschi, Pierre (12 October 2009). "Stauffer et le génie de la rue". Tribune de Genève.