The Executive Council (German: Regierungsrat) is the executive body of the Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt. The seven-member collegial body is elected by the people for a period of four years. The last election was held in October/November 2016. The people directly elect the president. The president of the Executive Council also serves as mayor for the city of Basel.

Current composition

As of 2012, the Executive Council was composed as follows:[1]

Name Party Department
Guy Morin GB Department of Culture and the Presidency, Mayor of Basel
Eva Herzog SP Department of Finance
Christoph Brutschin SP Department of Social Services, the Economy and the Environment
Hans-Peter Wessels SP Department of Construction and Transport
Baschi Dürr FDP Department of Justice and Security
Christoph Eymann LDP Department of Education
Lukas Engelberger CVP Department of Health

2016 Executive Council elections

Results

In the first round of voting on the 23 October 2016, following candidates were elected:

Name Party Votes Notes
Eva Herzog SP 33576 Incumbent
Christoph Brutschin SP 29448 Incumbent
Lukas Engelberger CVP 26635 Incumbent
Conradin Cramer LDP 24078 New, successor to Christoph Eymann
Elisabeth Ackermann GB 23546 New, successor to Guy Morin

In the second round of voting on the 27 November 2016, following candidates were elected:

Name Party Votes Notes
Hans-Peter Wessels SP 26155 Incumbent
Baschi Dürr FDP 22906 Incumbent

As new president of the Executive Council and mayor of the city of Basel was elected:

Name Party Votes Notes
Elisabeth Ackermann GB 31634 New, successor to Guy Morin

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Major candidates not elected

From the two main alliances two out of nine candidates failed to get elected:

Name Party Votes (1st round) Votes (2nd round)
Heidi Mück BastA! 18105 21072
Lorenz Nägelin SVP 17269 19084

Campaign

The campaign was a hard fought one, mainly because of the vacancy arising from the decision of Guy Morin not to stand in the 2016 election. This opened the up the opportunity for the centre-right alliance consisting of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Free Democratic Party, the Swiss People's Party and the Christian Democratic People's Party to gain a majority in the Executive for the first time since 2004. They nominated four candidates for a joint ticket. The centre-left also formed an alliance to defend their majority in the Executive Council and nominated a joint ticket consisting of five candidates.

References

  1. ↑ "Regierungsrat des Kantons Basel-Stadt - Mitglieder". Regierungsrat.bs.ch. Retrieved 2017-05-18.
  2. ↑ "Staatskanzlei Basel-Stadt - Wahlen 2016". Archived from the original on 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
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