• Previous vote
• Next vote

Tierschutzgesetz

General information
Official title	Tierschutzgesetz (TschG)
Voting day	03.12.1978
Voting result	Accepted (81.70% Yes votes)
Vote Nº	290
Legal form	Optional referendum
Policy area	Agriculture > Livestock Environment and living space > Environment > Animal protection
Brief description by Swissvotes	PDF (in German)
Text subject to vote	PDF (in German)
Official Chronology	Link (in German)

Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch	PDF (in German)

Parliamentary phase
Item Nº	77.011
Parliamentary debate	PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings	393 days
Parliament's position	Accept
Position of the National Council	Accept (157 Yes, 1 No)
Position of the Council of States	Accept (34 Yes, 0 No)

Collection of signatures
Initiators	Genfer Liga zur Bekämpfung der Vivisektion
Signatures	89,664
Success	PDF (in German)

Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure	PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council	Accept
Recommendations by parties	Yes CVP EVP FDP LdU LPS PdA REP SD SPS SVP No POCH
Electoral share of 'yes' camp	96.4% (Details)
Recommendations by others	Yes SBV SGB TravS No Partito socialista autonomo
Deviating party sections	No FDP SZ REP GE SPS GE
Documents from the campaign	Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes	Link eMuseum.ch ×

Vote
Voting result	Accepted
People	Accepted (81.70% Yes votes)
Cantons	Majority of the cantons not required (22.0 Yes, 0.0 No) Accepted AG AI AR BE BL BS FR GE GL GR LU NE NW OW SG SH SO SZ TG TI UR VD VS ZG ZH
Turnout	43.27%
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)