1914 Swiss federal election
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The 49 electoral districts
Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 25 October 1914. The Free Democratic Party retained its majority in the National Council.
Electoral system[]
The 189 members of the National Council were elected in 49 single- and multi-member constituencies using a three-round system. Candidates had to receive a majority in the first or second round to be elected; if it went to a third round, only a plurality was required. Voters could cast as many votes as there were seats in their constituency.[1] There was one seat for every 20,000 citizens, with seats allocated to cantons in proportion to their population.[1]
Results[]
National Council[]
Summary[]
Voter turnout was highest in Aargau at 85.9% (higher than the 78.7% in Schaffhausen where voting was compulsory) and lowest in Zug at 21.2%.
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||||
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Free Democratic Party | 191,054 | 56.1 | 112 | –3 | |||||
Conservative People's Party | 71,668 | 21.1 | 37 | –1 | |||||
Social Democratic Party | 34,204 | 10.1 | 19 | +3 | |||||
Liberal Democratic Party | 25,142 | 7.4 | 15 | +2 | |||||
Democratic Group | 9,069 | 2.7 | 4 | –2 | |||||
Agrarian Movement | 9,133 | 2.7 | 1 | New | |||||
Democratic-Economic Association | 1 | New | |||||||
Others | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 55,181 | – | – | – | |||||
Total | 395,431 | 100 | 189 | 0 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 851,377 | 46.4 | – | – | |||||
Source: Mackie & Rose[2] |
By constituency[]
Constituency | Seats | Party | Seats won |
Elected members | |
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Zürich 1 | 7 | Free Democratic Party | 7 |
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Zürich 2 | 5 | Social Democratic Party | 5 |
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Zürich 3 | 5 | Free Democratic Party | 4 |
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Liberal Party | 1 | Johann Rudolf Amsler | |||
Zürich 4 | 5 | Free Democratic Party | 3 |
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Social Democratic Party | 2 |
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Zürich 5 | 3 | Free Democratic Party | 3 |
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Bern 6 | 6 | Free Democratic Party | 6 |
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Bern 7 | 7 | Free Democratic Party | 4 |
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Liberal Party | 2 |
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Social Democratic Party | 1 | Gustav Müller | |||
Bern 8 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 4 |
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Bern 9 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 3 |
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Social Democratic Party | 1 | August Rikli | |||
Bern 10 | 5 | Free Democratic Party | 4 |
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Social Democratic Party | 1 | Johann Näher | |||
Bern 11 | 3 | Free Democratic Party | 2 |
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Social Democratic Party | 1 | Émile Ryser | |||
Bern 12 | 3 | Conservative People's Party | 2 |
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Free Democratic Party | 1 | Henri Simonin | |||
Lucerne 13 | 3 | Free Democratic Party | 3 |
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Lucerne 14 | 2 | Conservative People's Party | 3 |
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Lucerne 15 | 3 | Conservative People's Party | 3 |
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Uri 16 | 1 | Free Democratic Party | 1 | Martin Gamma | |
Schwyz 17 | 3 | Conservative People's Party | 2 |
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Free Democratic Party | 1 | Martin Steinegger | |||
Obwalden 18 | 1 | Conservative People's Party | 1 | Peter Anton Ming | |
Nidwalden 19 | 1 | Conservative People's Party | 1 | Karl Niederberger | |
Glarus 20 | 2 | Democratic Group | 1 | Eduard Blumer | |
Free Democratic Party | 1 | Heinrich Jenny | |||
Zug 21 | 1 | Free Democratic Party | 1 | Hermann Stadlin | |
Fribourg 22 | 2 | Free Democratic Party | 1 | Hermann Liechti | |
Conservative People's Party | 1 | Eugène Descheneaux | |||
Fribourg 23 | 5 | Conservative People's Party | 4 |
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Free Democratic Party | 1 | A.-F.-L. Cailler | |||
Solothurn 24 | 6 | Free Democratic Party | 4 |
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Social Democratic Party | 1 | Hans Affolter | |||
Conservative People's Party | 1 | Siegfried Hartmann | |||
Basel-Stadt 25 | 7 | Social Democratic Party | 3 |
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Liberal Party | 2 |
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Free Democratic Party | 2 |
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Basel-Landschaft 26 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 3 |
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Democratic-Economic Association | 1 | Gustav Adolf Seiler | |||
Schaffhausen 27 | 2 | Free Democratic Party | 2 |
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden 28 | 3 | Free Democratic Party | 2 |
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Social Democratic Party | 1 | Howard Eugster | |||
Appenzell Innerhoden 29 | 1 | Conservative People's Party | 1 | Adolf Steuble | |
St. Gallen 30 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 3 |
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Democratic Group | 1 | J. A. Scherrer-Füllemann | |||
St. Gallen 31 | 4 | Conservative People's Party | 2 |
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Free Democratic Party | 1 | Ernst Schmidheiny | |||
Democratic Group | 1 | Heinrich Otto Weber | |||
St. Gallen 32 | 3 | Free Democratic Party | 3 |
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St. Gallen 33 | 2 | Conservative People's Party | 2 |
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St. Gallen 34 | 2 | Conservative People's Party | 2 |
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Grisons 35 | 6 | Free Democratic Party | 4 |
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Liberal Party | 1 | Alfred von Planta | |||
Conservative People's Party | 1 | Johann Schmid | |||
Aargau 36 | 3 | Free Democratic Party | 3 |
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Aargau 37 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 4 |
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Aargau 38 | 1 | Conservative People's Party | 1 | Jakob Nietlispach | |
Aargau 39 | 4 | Conservative People's Party | 2 |
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Free Democratic Party | 2 |
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Thurgau 40 | 7 | Free Democratic Party | 4 |
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Democratic Group | 1 | Emil Hofmann | |||
Agrarian Movement | 1 | Carl Eigenmann | |||
Conservative People's Party | 1 | Alfons von Streng | |||
Ticino 41 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 3 |
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Conservative People's Party | 1 | Angelo Tarchini | |||
Ticino 42 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 2 |
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Liberal Party | 1 | Francesco Balli | |||
Conservative People's Party | 1 | Giuseppe Cattori | |||
Vaud 43 | 8 | Free Democratic Party | 5 |
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Liberal Party | 3 |
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Vaud 44 | 5 | Free Democratic Party | 4 |
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Liberal Party | 1 | Armand Piguet | |||
Vaud 45 | 3 | Free Democratic Party | 2 |
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Liberal Party | 1 | Jean Yersin | |||
Valais 46 | 4 | Conservative People's Party | 4 |
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Valais 47 | 2 | Conservative People's Party | 1 | Jules Tissières | |
Free Democratic Party | 1 | Eugène de Lavallaz | |||
Neuchâtel 48 | 7 | Free Democratic Party | 4 |
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Social Democratic Party | 2 |
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Liberal Party | 1 | Eugène Bonhôte | |||
Geneva 49 | 8 | Liberal Party | 3 |
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Free Democratic Party | 3 |
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Social Democratic Party | 1 | Jean Sigg | |||
Conservative People's Party | 1 | Firmin Ody | |||
Source: Gruner[3] |
Council of States[]
Summary[]
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Party | Seats | +/– | |||||||
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Free Democratic Party | 24 | –1 | |||||||
Swiss Conservative People's Party | 16 | 0 | |||||||
Liberal Democratic Party | 2 | +1 | |||||||
Democratic Group | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Social Democratic Party | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Total | 44 | 0 |
By canton[]
Constituency | Seats | Party | Elected members | |
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Aargau | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Peter Emil Isler | |
Free Democratic Party | Gottfried Keller | |||
Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 1 | Free Democratic Party | Johannes Baumann | |
Appenzell Innerrhoden | 1 | Conservative People's Party | Johann Baptist Edmund Dähler | |
Basel-Landschaft | 1 | Free Democratic Party | Gustav Johann Schneider | |
Basel-Stadt | 1 | Free Democratic Party | Paul Scherer | |
Bern | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Gottfried Kunz | |
Free Democratic Party | Adolf von Steiger | |||
Fribourg | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Georges Python | |
Conservative People's Party | Ernest de Weck | |||
Geneva | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Adrien Lachenal | |
Liberal Party | Jacques Rutty | |||
Glarus | 2 | Democratic Group | David Legler | |
Free Democratic Party | Philippe Mercier | |||
Grisons | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Andreas Laelys | |
Conservative People's Party | Friedrich Brügger | |||
Lucerne | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Josef Dürig | |
Conservative People's Party | Josef Winiger | |||
Neuchâtel | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Auguste Pettavel | |
Liberal Party | Paul Robert-Tissot | |||
Nidwalden | 1 | Conservative People's Party | Jakob Konstantin Wyrsch | |
Obwalden | 1 | Conservative People's Party | Adalbert Wirz | |
Schaffhausen | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Albert Ammann | |
Free Democratic Party | Heinrich Bolli | |||
Schwyz | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Martin Ochsner | |
Conservative People's Party | Josef Maria Schuler | |||
Solothurn | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Casimir von Arx | |
Free Democratic Party | Oskar Munzinger | |||
St. Gallen | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Johannes Geel | |
Social Democratic Party | Heinrich Scherrer | |||
Ticino | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Stefano Gabuzzi | |
Free Democratic Party | Adolfo Soldini | |||
Thurgau | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Johann Georg Leumann | |
Free Democratic Party | Albert Böhi | |||
Uri | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Florian Lusser | |
Conservative People's Party | Franz Muheim | |||
Vaud | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Adrien Thélin | |
Free Democratic Party | Henri Simon | |||
Valais | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Joseph Ribordy | |
Conservative People's Party | Heinrich von Roten | |||
Zug | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Josef Andermatt | |
Conservative People's Party | Josef Hildebrand | |||
Zürich | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Oskar Wettstein | |
Free Democratic Party | Paul Usteri |
References[]
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