The Basel Town Hall ( German : Rathaus Basel , locally known as Roothuus ) is a 500-year-old building dominating the Marktplatz in Basel , Switzerland .
5-683: The Town Hall houses the meetings of the Cantonal Parliament as well as the Cantonal Government of the canton of Basel-Stadt . The Great Council Chamber at one time featured a series of frescoes painted in 1522 by Hans Holbein the Younger , which have been lost. Fragments of the work as well as some of the initial drawings are kept in the Kunstmuseum . The German term "Rathaus" literally means "council house" while
10-1170: The Evangelical People's Party lost all but one of their seats. At the 2016 election , held on 23 October 2016, the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Liberals won the election, while the Christian Democratic People's Party, the Green Liberals and the FDP lost popular vote and seats in the Grand Council. The Volksaktion lost their two seats they won four years before. The council is re-elected every four years. Like other legislatures in Switzerland, elections use party list proportional representation . There are five constituencies. The communities of Riehen and Bettingen each form
15-624: The canton of Basel-Stadt , in Switzerland . Basel-Stadt has a unicameral legislature. The Grand Council has 100 seats, with members elected every four years. Members of the canton's executive, the Executive Council , are elected on the same day. At the 2008 election , held on 14 September 2008, the Social Democratic Party fared badly, but retained its dominant position, with more than twice as many seats as
20-416: The local Basel German dialect term "Roothus" means both "council house" but also sounds like "red house", a pun with reference to the red sandstone facade of the building. 47°33′30″N 7°35′18″E / 47.55833°N 7.58833°E / 47.55833; 7.58833 Grand Council of Basel-Stadt The Grand Council of Basel-Stadt ( German : Grosser Rat ) is the legislature of
25-587: The next-largest party, the Swiss People's Party (SVP). The legislature was reduced from 130 seats to 100, making all existing parties to lose ground. However, the SVP and Green Party both did relatively well, as did the new centrist Green Liberal Party , which won five seats. At the 2012 election , held on 28 October 2012, the Volksaktion, a populist anti-immigration party, was able to win two seats, while
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