What is National Council (Switzerland)?
The '''National Council''' ({{lang-de|link=no|Nationalrat}}, {{lang-fr|link=no|Conseil national}}, {{lang-it|Consiglio nazionale}}, {{lang-rm|Cussegl naziunal}}) is the [[lower house]] of the [[Federal Assembly (Switzerland)|Federal Assembly]] of [[Switzerland]], the [[upper house]] being the [[Council of States (Switzerland)|Council of States]]. With 200 seats, the National Council is the larger of the two houses.<ref name=NC>{{cite web |url=https://www.parlament.ch/en/organe/national-council |type=official site |title=The National Council |publisher=The Swiss Parliament |location=Berne, Switzerland |access-date=2016-08-09}}</ref> Adult citizens elect the council's members, who are called ''National Councillors'' for four year terms. These members are apportioned to the Swiss cantons in proportion to their population.<ref name=NC/> Both houses meet in the [[Federal Palace of Switzerland]] in [[Berne]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parlament.ch/en/%c3%bcber-das-parlament/parliament-building |type=official site |title=The Parliament Building |publisher=The Swiss Parliament |location=Berne, Switzerland |access-date=2016-08-09 |archive-date=2021-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123183205/https://www.parlament.ch/en/%C3%BCber-das-parlament/parliament-building |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Multistub|politics|Switzerland}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Government of Switzerland]] [[Category:National lower houses|Switzerland]]