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Switzerland 1914 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Free Democratic Party of Switzerland won 112 of 189 seats with 56.1% of the vote.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland11256.1191,054
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland3721.171,668
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland1910.134,204
Liberal Party of Switzerland157.425,142
Democratic Group42.79,069
Other parties (seats only)2
Votes by party
  • Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 191,054
  • Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 71,668
  • Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 34,204
  • Liberal Party of Switzerland 25,142
  • Democratic Group 9,069
  • 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

340,250 votes were valid. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Free Democratic Party of Switzerland56.1% of votes59.3% of seats
  • Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland21.1% of votes19.6% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Switzerland10.1% of votes10.1% of seats
  • Liberal Party of Switzerland7.4% of votes7.9% of seats
  • Democratic Group2.7% of votes2.1% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.7 by votes and 2.5 by seats; Free Democratic Party of Switzerland led Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland by 35.1 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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