Grand Council of Ticino
Grand Council of Ticino Gran Consiglio di Ticino | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
President | Fabio Schnellmann, PLR since 19 May 2025 |
First Vice-President | Daria Lepori, PS since 19 May 2025 |
Second Vice-President | Giovanni Berardi, The Centre since 19 May 2025 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 90 |
Political groups | FDP/PLR (21) The Centre (16) |
| Elections | |
| Canton-wide proportional representation | |
Last election | 2 April 2023 |
Next election | 2027 |
| Meeting place | |
| Palazzo delle Orsoline, Bellinzona | |
| Website | |
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The Grand Council of Ticino (Italian: Gran Consiglio di Ticino) is the legislature for the Swiss canton of Ticino. The 90-member council is elected every four years by proportional representation in a single constituency comprising the citizens resident in the canton, and meets at the Ursoline Palace in the capital, Bellinzona. Members are called deputies (deputati).
Elections coincide with those of the canton's executive body, the Council of State. The last elections were in 2023. The president and two vice-presidents are selected by the members of the Grand Council, and not the electorate. Minutes of meetings are made public.
The Grand Council appoints the members of the canton's judiciary (save for justices of the peace, who are elected in their area by the citizens) and public prosecutors.