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Initiative für die Einführung eines Rüstungsreferendums

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «für die Mitsprache des Volkes bei Militärausgaben (Rüstungsreferendum)»
Voting day 05.04.1987
Voting result Rejected (40.56% Yes votes and 2.5 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 346
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Security policy > Armed forces > Armament
State organisation > People’s rights > Referendum
Brief description by Swissvotes PDF (in German)
Description by Année Politique Suisse Link (in German / French)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Sozialdemokratische Partei
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 111,126
Time used to collect signatures 541 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 86.029
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 211 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (30 Yes, 96 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (2 Yes, 37 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Recommendations by parties
Yes
GPS
PdA
POCH
SPS
No
CVP
EDU
EVP
FDP
LPS
REP
SD
SVP
Free vote
LdU
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 27.9% (Details)
Recommendations by others
No
eco
SAV
SBV
SGV
TravS
VSA
None
SGB
Deviating party sections
Yes
LdU BL
LdU SG
No
LdU AG
LdU GR
LdU SH
LdU ZH
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Link Social Archives
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (40.56% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (2.5 Yes, 20.5 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
FR
GL
GR
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Accepted
BS
GE
JU
Turnout 42.42%
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)