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«Reichtumssteuer-Initiative»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «zur Steuerharmonisierung, zur stärkeren Besteuerung des Reichtums und zur Entlastung der unteren Einkommen (Reichtumssteuer-Initiative)»
Voting day 04.12.1977
Voting result Rejected (44.36% Yes votes and 2.5 out of 22 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 275
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Public finance > Taxation > Direct taxation
Brief description by Swissvotes PDF (in German)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Sozialdemokratische Partei
Signatures 80,190
Time used to collect signatures 247 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 76.025
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 198 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (49 Yes, 93 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (3 Yes, 31 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Recommendations by parties
Yes
PdA
POCH
SPS
No
CVP
FDP
LPS
REP
SD
SVP
Free vote
EVP
LdU
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 28.2% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
No
eco
SAV
SBV
SGV
Free vote
TravS
VSA
Deviating party sections
Yes
LdU SG
SD ZH
No
EVP TG
LdU TG
Free vote
SD TG
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes Show all
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (44.36% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (2.5 Yes, 19.5 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BL
FR
GE
GL
GR
LU
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Accepted
BE
BS
NE
Turnout 38.29%
Decree on voting result PDF (in German)
Result by canton, district and municipality Excel (in German)
Overview of voting result by the Federal Chancellery Link (in German)
Interactive map by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Display the map
Post-vote poll
Full analysis of post-vote poll results PDF (in German)