National Council

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chamber of parliament lower house of a bicameral legislature

The National Council is the larger chamber of Switzerland’s federal parliament, representing the Swiss population through proportionally elected members from all cantons.

Aliases (3)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chamber of parliament → lower house of a bicameral legislature →
abbreviation	NR →
apportionedBy	population of the cantons →
constitutionalBasis	Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation →
country	Switzerland →
electoralDistricts	Swiss cantons →
electoralSystem	proportional representation →
electorate	Swiss citizens with federal voting rights →
eligibilityRequirement	Swiss citizenship → minimum age 18 →
foundationDate	1848 →
hasCommitteeSystem	yes →
hasLegislativeProcedure	bicameral concurrence with Council of States →
hasPower	approval of the federal budget → electing members of the Federal Council → electing the Federal Chancellor → federal legislation → supervision of the Federal Council →
hasRole	represents the Swiss population →
isElectedBy	popular vote →
isLargerChamberOf	Federal Assembly of Switzerland →
jointSessionName	United Federal Assembly →
language	French → German → Italian → Romansh →
locatedIn	Bern →
meetsIn	Federal Palace of Switzerland →
meetsInChamber	National Council chamber in the Federal Palace →
meetsJointlyWith	Council of States (Switzerland) →
minimumSeatsPerCanton	1 →
nativeName	Conseil national → Consiglio nazionale → Cussegl naziunal → Nationalrat →
numberOfMembers	200 →
oversees	federal administration of Switzerland →
partOf	Federal Assembly of Switzerland →
presidingOfficerTitle	President of the National Council →
sessionFrequency	regular sessions annually →
sharesLegislativePowerWith	Council of States (Switzerland) →
termLength	4 years →
typeOfLegislature	full-time professional parliament →
votingAge	18 →
votingSystem	open-list proportional representation →
website	https://www.parlament.ch →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
National Council (Switzerland) ("Nationalrat") → National Council (Switzerland) ("Consiglio nazionale") →	nativeName
Council of States →	coequalWith
Swiss Federal Assembly →	hasPart
Switzerland →	lowerHouse
BR ("Nationalrat") →	otherChamberOfSameParliament