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Gewässerschutz-Initiative

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «zur Rettung unserer Gewässer»
Voting day 17.05.1992
Voting result Rejected (37.06% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 378
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Environment and living space > Environment > Water pollution control
Energy > Hydro-electric power
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 Zeitschrift "Der Schweizerische Beobachter"
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 176,484
Time used to collect signatures 497 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 87.036
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 891 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (69 Yes, 79 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (6 Yes, 37 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EVP
GPS
LdU
PdA
SD
SPS
No
CVP
EDU
FDP
FPS
Lega
LPS
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 33.5% (Details)
Recommendations by others
No
eco
SBV
SGV
TravS
VSA
Free vote
SGB
Deviating party sections
No
EVP BL
LdU SH
SPS NE
SPS VS
Free vote
EVP BS
SPS VD
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes Show all
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (37.06% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (0.0 Yes, 23.0 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 39.20%
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)