The last regular election of the City Council was held on 27 November 2016 for the mandate period (, ) from 2017 to 2020. The City Council consist of 24 members of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS) including 2 members of the junior party ''JUSO'', 9 Green Alliance of Berne (GB), 9 The Liberals (FDP/PLR), 9 Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), 8 ''Grüne Freie Liste (GFL)'' (Green Free List), 8 Green Liberal Party (glp/pvl) including one member of its junior party ''jglp'', 3 Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD), 2 Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC), 2 Evangelical People's Party (EVP/PEV), 2 ''Junge Alternative (JA!)'' (or Young Alternatives), 2 Alternative Linke Bern (AL), 1 ''Grüne Partei Bern – Demokratische Alternative (GPB-DA)'' (or Green Party Bern – Democratic Alternative), and 1 Swiss Party of Labour (PdA).