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Switzerland 1908 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Free Democratic Party of Switzerland won 105 of 167 seats with 50.9% of the vote.

Result

Seats and votes by party

Votes by party
  • Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 202,732
  • Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 81,733
  • Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 70,003
  • Liberal Party of Switzerland 23,597
  • Democratic Group 14,414

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

398,224 votes were valid. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Free Democratic Party of Switzerland50.9% of votes62.9% of seats
  • Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland20.5% of votes21.0% of seats
  • Liberal Party of Switzerland5.9% of votes9.0% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Switzerland17.6% of votes4.2% of seats
  • Democratic Group3.6% of votes3.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 12.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.0 by votes and 2.2 by seats; Free Democratic Party of Switzerland led Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland by 30.4 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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