# 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.

## 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. There was one seat for every 20,000 citizens, with seats allocated to cantons in proportion to their population.

## Results
### National Council

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%.
| | Free Democratic Party | 191,054 | 56.15 | 112 | –3 |
| | Conservative People's Party | 71,668 | 21.06 | 37 | –1 |
| | Social Democratic Party | 34,204 | 10.05 | 19 | +3 |
| | Liberal Democratic Party | 25,142 | 7.39 | 15 | +2 |
| | Democratic Group | 9,069 | 2.67 | 4 | –2 |
| | Agrarian Movement | 9,133 | 2.68 | 1 | New |
| | Democratic-Economic Association | 9,133 | 2.68 | 1 | New |
| | Others | 9,133 | 2.68 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 340,270 | 100.00 | 189 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 340,270 | 86.05 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 55,161 | 13.95 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 395,431 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 851,377 | 46.45 | | |
| Source: Mackie & Rose ||||||

#### By constituency

| Constituency | Seats | Party | Seats won | Elected members |
| Zürich 1 | 7 | Free Democratic Party | 7 | Robert Billeter Alfred Frey Emil Zürcher Walter Bissegger Robert Schmid Jakob Lutz Friedrich Fritschi |
| Zürich 2 | 5 | Social Democratic Party | 5 | Herman Greulich Robert Seidel Paul Pflüger Robert Grimm Johannes Sigg |
| Zürich 3 | 5 | Free Democratic Party | 4 | Heinrich Hess Karl August Koller Theodor Odinga Emil Rellstab |
| Zürich 3 | 5 | Liberal Party | 1 | Johann Rudolf Amsler |
| Zürich 4 | 5 | Free Democratic Party | 3 | Hans Sträuli Friedrich Ottiker Julius Guyer |
| Zürich 4 | 5 | Social Democratic Party | 2 | Friedrich Studer Hans Schenkel |
| Zürich 5 | 3 | Free Democratic Party | 3 | Johann Konrad Hörni Jakob Walder David Ringger |
| Bern 6 | 6 | Free Democratic Party | 6 | Robert Stucki Arnold Gottlieb Bühler Johann Jakob Rebmann Emil Lohner Hermann Schüpbach Johann Friedrich Michel |
| Bern 7 | 7 | Free Democratic Party | 4 | Johann Hirter Johann Jenny Michael Bühler Jakob Scheidegger |
| Bern 7 | 7 | Liberal Party | 2 | Fritz Burren Gustav König |
| Bern 7 | 7 | Social Democratic Party | 1 | Gustav Müller |
| Bern 8 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 4 | Friedrich Minder Fritz Bühlmann Johann Jakob Schär Fritz Zumstein |
| Bern 9 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 3 | Arnold Gugelmann Friedrich Buri Michael Hofer |
| Bern 9 | 4 | Social Democratic Party | 1 | August Rikli |
| Bern 10 | 5 | Free Democratic Party | 4 | Alfred Moll Jakob Freiburghaus Karl Scheurer Eduard Will |
| Bern 10 | 5 | Social Democratic Party | 1 | Johann Näher |
| Bern 11 | 3 | Free Democratic Party | 2 | Albert Locher Robert Savoye |
| Bern 11 | 3 | Social Democratic Party | 1 | Émile Ryser |
| Bern 12 | 3 | Conservative People's Party | 2 | Joseph Choquard Ernest Daucourt |
| Bern 12 | 3 | Free Democratic Party | 1 | Henri Simonin |
| Lucerne 13 | 3 | Free Democratic Party | 3 | Peter Knüsel Hermann Heller Otto Sidler |
| Lucerne 14 | 2 | Conservative People's Party | 3 | Josef Anton Balmer Anton Erni |
| Lucerne 15 | 3 | Conservative People's Party | 3 | Franz Moser-Schär Heinrich Walther Dominik Fellmann |
| Uri 16 | 1 | Free Democratic Party | 1 | Martin Gamma |
| Schwyz 17 | 3 | Conservative People's Party | 2 | Josef Anton Ferdinand Büeler Anton von Hettlingen |
| Schwyz 17 | 3 | 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 |
| Glarus 20 | 2 | Free Democratic Party | 1 | Heinrich Jenny |
| Zug 21 | 1 | Free Democratic Party | 1 | Hermann Stadlin |
| Fribourg 22 | 2 | Free Democratic Party | 1 | Hermann Liechti |
| Fribourg 22 | 2 | Conservative People's Party | 1 | Eugène Descheneaux |
| Fribourg 23 | 5 | Conservative People's Party | 4 | Jean-Marie Musy Max de Diesbach Eugène Grand Charles de Wuilleret |
| Fribourg 23 | 5 | Free Democratic Party | 1 | A.-F.-L. Cailler |
| Solothurn 24 | 6 | Free Democratic Party | 4 | Eduard Bally Jakob Zimmermann Max Studer Adrian von Arx Sr. |
| Solothurn 24 | 6 | Social Democratic Party | 1 | Hans Affolter |
| Solothurn 24 | 6 | Conservative People's Party | 1 | Siegfried Hartmann |
| Basel-Stadt 25 | 7 | Social Democratic Party | 3 | Eugen Wullschleger Johannes Frei Bernhard Jäggi |
| Basel-Stadt 25 | 7 | Liberal Party | 2 | Carl Christoph Burckhardt Isaak Iselin-Sarasin |
| Basel-Stadt 25 | 7 | Free Democratic Party | 2 | Emil Göttisheim Christian Rothenberger |
| Basel-Landschaft 26 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 3 | Heinrich Strub Hermann Straumann Albert Grieder |
| Basel-Landschaft 26 | 4 | Democratic-Economic Association | 1 | Gustav Adolf Seiler |
| Schaffhausen 27 | 2 | Free Democratic Party | 2 | Carl Spahn Robert Grieshaber |
| Appenzell Ausserrhoden 28 | 3 | Free Democratic Party | 2 | Arthur Eugster Johannes Eisenhut |
| Appenzell Ausserrhoden 28 | 3 | 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 | Karl Emil Wild Eduard Scherrer Albert Mächler |
| St. Gallen 30 | 4 | Democratic Group | 1 | J. A. Scherrer-Füllemann |
| St. Gallen 31 | 4 | Conservative People's Party | 2 | Carl Zurburg Johann Baptist Eisenring |
| St. Gallen 31 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 1 | Ernst Schmidheiny |
| St. Gallen 31 | 4 | Democratic Group | 1 | Heinrich Otto Weber |
| St. Gallen 32 | 3 | Free Democratic Party | 3 | Gallus Schwendener Ernst Wagner Robert Forrer |
| St. Gallen 33 | 2 | Conservative People's Party | 2 | Johann Baptist Schubiger Emil Grünenfelder |
| St. Gallen 34 | 2 | Conservative People's Party | 2 | Othmar Staub Thomas Holenstein Sr. |
| Grisons 35 | 6 | Free Democratic Party | 4 | Johann Anton Caflisch Eduard Walser Paul Raschein Sr. Andrea Vital |
| Grisons 35 | 6 | Liberal Party | 1 | Alfred von Planta |
| Grisons 35 | 6 | Conservative People's Party | 1 | Johann Schmid |
| Aargau 36 | 3 | Free Democratic Party | 3 | Johann Rudolf Suter Alwin Weber Otto Hunziker |
| Aargau 37 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 4 | Hans Siegrist Emil Keller Heinrich Eugen Abt Conradin Zschokke |
| Aargau 38 | 1 | Conservative People's Party | 1 | Jakob Nietlispach |
| Aargau 39 | 4 | Conservative People's Party | 2 | Alfred Wyrsch Franz Xaver Eggspühler |
| Aargau 39 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 2 | Gustav Adolf Ursprung Joseph Jäger |
| Thurgau 40 | 7 | Free Democratic Party | 4 | Oskar Ullmann Heinrich Häberlin Jakob Müller Jakob Zingg |
| Thurgau 40 | 7 | Democratic Group | 1 | Emil Hofmann |
| Thurgau 40 | 7 | Agrarian Movement | 1 | Carl Eigenmann |
| Thurgau 40 | 7 | Conservative People's Party | 1 | Alfons von Streng |
| Ticino 41 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 3 | Emilio Bossi Achille Borella Francesco Vassalli |
| Ticino 41 | 4 | Conservative People's Party | 1 | Angelo Tarchini |
| Ticino 42 | 4 | Free Democratic Party | 2 | Evaristo Garbani-Nerini Brenno Bertoni |
| Ticino 42 | 4 | Liberal Party | 1 | Francesco Balli |
| Ticino 42 | 4 | Conservative People's Party | 1 | Giuseppe Cattori |
| Vaud 43 | 8 | Free Democratic Party | 5 | Paul Maillefer Charles-Eugène Fonjallaz Émile Gaudard Alfred Pilliod Félix Bonjour |
| Vaud 43 | 8 | Liberal Party | 3 | Alois de Meuron Édouard Secretan Alexandre Emery |
| Vaud 44 | 5 | Free Democratic Party | 4 | Ernest Chuard Louis Reymond Henri Grobet Fritz Bosset |
| Vaud 44 | 5 | Liberal Party | 1 | Armand Piguet |
| Vaud 45 | 3 | Free Democratic Party | 2 | John-Henri Mermoud Alfred Jaton |
| Vaud 45 | 3 | Liberal Party | 1 | Jean Yersin |
| Valais 46 | 4 | Conservative People's Party | 4 | Alexander Seiler Joseph Kuntschen Sr. Raymond Evéquoz Charles de Preux |
| Valais 47 | 2 | Conservative People's Party | 1 | Jules Tissières |
| Valais 47 | 2 | Free Democratic Party | 1 | Eugène de Lavallaz |
| Neuchâtel 48 | 7 | Free Democratic Party | 4 | Auguste Leuba Paul-Ernest Mosimann Henri Calame Jules-Albert Piguet |
| Neuchâtel 48 | 7 | Social Democratic Party | 2 | Charles Naine Ernest-Paul Graber |
| Neuchâtel 48 | 7 | Liberal Party | 1 | Eugène Bonhôte |
| Geneva 49 | 8 | Liberal Party | 3 | Gustave Ador Albert-Édouard Maunoir Horace Micheli |
| Geneva 49 | 8 | Free Democratic Party | 3 | Henri Fazy Marc-Ernest Peter Jacques-Louis Willemin |
| Geneva 49 | 8 | Social Democratic Party | 1 | Jean Sigg |
| Geneva 49 | 8 | Conservative People's Party | 1 | Firmin Ody |
| Source: Gruner ||||||

### Council of States

| | 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 | Total | 44 | 0 |

#### By canton

| Constituency | Seats | Party | Elected members |
| Aargau | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Peter Emil Isler |
| Aargau | 2 | 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 |
| Bern | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Adolf von Steiger |
| Fribourg | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Georges Python |
| Fribourg | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Ernest de Weck |
| Geneva | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Adrien Lachenal |
| Geneva | 2 | Liberal Party | Jacques Rutty |
| Glarus | 2 | Democratic Group | David Legler |
| Glarus | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Philippe Mercier |
| Grisons | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Andreas Laelys |
| Grisons | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Friedrich Brügger |
| Lucerne | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Josef Dürig |
| Lucerne | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Josef Winiger |
| Neuchâtel | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Auguste Pettavel |
| Neuchâtel | 2 | 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 |
| Schaffhausen | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Heinrich Bolli |
| Schwyz | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Martin Ochsner |
| Schwyz | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Josef Maria Schuler |
| Solothurn | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Casimir von Arx |
| Solothurn | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Oskar Munzinger |
| St. Gallen | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Johannes Geel |
| St. Gallen | 2 | Social Democratic Party | Heinrich Scherrer |
| Ticino | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Stefano Gabuzzi |
| Ticino | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Adolfo Soldini |
| Thurgau | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Johann Georg Leumann |
| Thurgau | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Albert Böhi |
| Uri | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Florian Lusser |
| Uri | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Franz Muheim |
| Vaud | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Adrien Thélin |
| Vaud | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Henri Simon |
| Valais | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Joseph Ribordy |
| Valais | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Heinrich von Roten |
| Zug | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Josef Andermatt |
| Zug | 2 | Conservative People's Party | Josef Hildebrand |
| Zürich | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Oskar Wettstein |
| Zürich | 2 | Free Democratic Party | Paul Usteri |