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Subsidies for the Alpine railways

General information
Official title Bundesgesez betreffend Gewährung von Subsidien für Alpenbahnen
Voting day 19.01.1879
Voting result Accepted (70.69% Yes votes)
Vote Nº 20
Legal form Optional referendum
Policy area Transport and infrastructure > Rail transport
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
Duration of proceedings 58 days
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (87 Yes, 13 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (35 Yes, 0 No)
Collection of signatures
Signatures 36,062
Success PDF (in German)
Public campaign
Position of the Federal Council Accept
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (70.69% Yes votes)
Cantons Majority of the cantons not required (19.5 Yes, 2.5 No)
Rejected
AI
GR
VD
Accepted
AG
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 61.90%
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