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Switzerland 1911 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Free Democratic Party of Switzerland won 114 of 189 seats with 49.5% of the vote.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland11449.5198,300
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland1520.080,050
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland3819.176,726
Liberal Party of Switzerland146.827,062
Democratic Group63.112,610
Other parties (seats only)2
Votes by party
  • Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 198,300
  • Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 80,050
  • Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 76,726
  • Liberal Party of Switzerland 27,062
  • Democratic Group 12,610
  • Other parties (seats only)

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

400,870 votes were valid. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Free Democratic Party of Switzerland49.5% of votes60.3% of seats
  • Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland19.1% of votes20.1% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Switzerland20.0% of votes7.9% of seats
  • Liberal Party of Switzerland6.8% of votes7.4% of seats
  • Democratic Group3.1% of votes3.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 11.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.1 by votes and 2.4 by seats; Free Democratic Party of Switzerland led Social Democratic Party of Switzerland by 29.5 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

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