1917 Swiss federal election
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Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 28 October 1917. The Free Democratic Party retained its majority in the National Council.[1] They were the last elections held under the majoritarian system; following a referendum in 1918 in which two-thirds of voters voted for the introduction of proportional representation, the electoral system was changed and early elections held in 1919.
Electoral system
[edit]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.[2] There was one seat for every 20,000 citizens, with seats allocated to cantons in proportion to their population.[2]
Results
[edit]Voter turnout was highest in Schaffhausen (where voting was compulsory) at 86.8% and lowest in Uri at 23.4%.
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Free Democratic Party | 210,323 | 40.84 | 103 | –9 | |
Social Democratic Party | 158,450 | 30.77 | 20 | +2 | |
Conservative People's Party | 84,784 | 16.46 | 42 | +5 | |
Liberal Democratic Party | 25,188 | 4.89 | 12 | –4 | |
Democratic Group | 16,818 | 3.27 | 7 | +3 | |
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | 19,459 | 3.78 | 4 | +3 | |
Others | 1 | +1 | |||
Total | 515,022 | 100.00 | 189 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 515,022 | 94.04 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 32,630 | 5.96 | |||
Total votes | 547,652 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 915,552 | 59.82 | |||
Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] BFS (seats) |
By constituency
[edit]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 | 4 |
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Social Democratic Party | 1 | Friedrich Studer | |||
Zürich 5 | 3 | Democratic Group | 2 |
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Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | 1 | Friedrich Bopp | |||
Bern 6 | 6 | Free Democratic Party | 6 |
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Bern 7 | 7 | Social Democratic Party | 3 |
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Free Democratic Party | 3 |
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Liberal Party | 1 | Fritz Burren | |||
Bern 8 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 4 |
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Bern 9 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 2 |
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Social Democratic Party | 2 |
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Bern 10 | 5 | Free Democratic Party | 4 |
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Social Democratic Party | 1 | Arnold Knellwolf | |||
Bern 11 | 3 | Social Democratic Party | 2 |
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Conservative People's Party | 1 | Xavier Jobin | |||
Bern 12 | 3 | Conservative People's Party | 2 |
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Social Democratic Party | 1 | Maurice Goetschel | |||
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 | Hans von Matt Jr. | |
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 | Conservative People's Party | 1 | Eugène Descheneaux | |
Free Democratic Party | 1 | Hermann Liechti | |||
Fribourg 23 | 5 | Conservative People's Party | 4 |
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Free Democratic Party | 1 | A.-F.-L. Cailler | |||
Solothurn 24 | 6 | Conservative People's Party | 2 |
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Free Democratic Party | 2 |
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Social Democratic Party | 2 |
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Basel-Stadt 25 | 7 | Free Democratic Party | 2 |
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Liberal Party | 1 | Paul Speiser | |||
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | 1 | Rudolf Gelpke | |||
Democratic Group | 1 | Karl-Oskar Schär | |||
Social Democratic Party | 1 | Johannes Frei | |||
Conservative People's Party | 1 | Ernst Feigenwinter | |||
Basel-Landschaft 26 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 3 |
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Independent | 1 | Heinrich Strub | |||
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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Democratic Group | 1 | Heinrich Otto Weber | |||
Free Democratic Party | 1 | Ernst Schmidheiny | |||
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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Conservative People's Party | 2 |
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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 | |||
Conservative People's Party | 1 | Alfons von Streng | |||
Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents | 1 | Carl Eigenmann | |||
Ticino 41 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 3 |
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Conservative People's Party | 1 | Antonio Luigi Riva | |||
Ticino 42 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 2 |
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Conservative People's Party | 2 |
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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 | 3 |
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Liberal Party | 2 |
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Social Democratic Party | 2 |
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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[4] |
References
[edit]- ^ Elections to the National Council 1848–1917: Distribution of seats by party or political orientation Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine BFS
- ^ a b 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.