1914 Swiss federal election
Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 25 October 1914. The Free Democratic Party retained its majority in the National Council.
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The 49 electoral districts
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
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] | |||||
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1886 ISBN 9783832956097
- Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan
- Gruner, Erich. Die Wahlen in den Schweizerischen Nationalrat 1848–1919. Vol. 3.
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