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Initiative «zur Abschaffung der Tierversuche»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «zur Abschaffung der Tierversuche»
Voting day 07.03.1993
Voting result Rejected (27.77% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 391
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Education and research > Research > Animal testing
Social policy > Health > Medical research and technology
Agriculture > Livestock
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 Internationale Liga "Ärzte für die Abschaffung der Tierversuche"
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 134,592
Time used to collect signatures 374 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 92.032
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 277 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (35 Yes, 102 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (0 Yes, 45 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Recommendations by parties
Yes
GPS
No
CVP
EDU
EVP
FDP
FPS
LPS
SPS
SVP
Free vote
LdU
Lega
PdA
SD
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 6.1% (Details)
Recommendations by others
No
SAV
SGB
SGV
TravS
VSA
Deviating party sections
Yes
JUSO CH
LdU BE
LdU LU
LdU SG
SD SG
No
GPS BS
GPS NE
JLdU CH
LdU AG
LdU BS
LdU GR
LdU SH
SD BL
SD BS
Free vote
EVP SG
EVP SH
GPS FR
GPS JU
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (27.77% 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 51.23%
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)