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Switzerland 1917 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Free Democratic Party of Switzerland won 103 of 189 seats with 40.8% of the vote.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland10340.8210,323
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland2030.8158,450
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland4216.584,784
Liberal Party of Switzerland124.925,188
Democratic Group73.316,818
Other parties (seats only)5
Votes by party
  • Free Democratic Party of Switzerland 210,323
  • Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 158,450
  • Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland 84,784
  • Liberal Party of Switzerland 25,188
  • Democratic Group 16,818
  • 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

515,022 votes were valid. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Free Democratic Party of Switzerland40.8% of votes54.5% of seats
  • Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland16.5% of votes22.2% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Switzerland30.8% of votes10.6% of seats
  • Liberal Party of Switzerland4.9% of votes6.3% of seats
  • Democratic Group3.3% of votes3.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 17.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.4 by votes and 2.7 by seats; Free Democratic Party of Switzerland led Social Democratic Party of Switzerland by 10.1 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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