Switzerland 1905 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Free Democratic Party of Switzerland won 104 of 167 seats with 49.2% of the vote.
- Switzerland
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Democratic Party of Switzerland | 104 | 49.3 | 202,605 |
| Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland | 36 | 22.5 | 92,600 |
| Social Democratic Party of Switzerland | 2 | 14.7 | 60,308 |
| Liberal Party of Switzerland | 19 | 6.7 | 27,643 |
| Democratic Group | 6 | 4.4 | 18,028 |
Votes by party
- Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 202,605
- Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 92,600
- Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 60,308
- Liberal Party of Switzerland 27,643
- Democratic Group 18,028
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.
Share of the vote
Turnout
411,419 votes were valid. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Free Democratic Party of Switzerland49.3% of votes62.3% of seats
- Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland22.5% of votes21.6% of seats
- Liberal Party of Switzerland6.7% of votes11.4% of seats
- Democratic Group4.4% of votes3.6% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Switzerland14.7% of votes1.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 13.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.1 by votes and 2.2 by seats; Free Democratic Party of Switzerland led Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland by 26.7 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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