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1.-August-Initiative

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «für einen arbeitsfreien Bundesfeiertag (1. August-Initiative)»
Voting day 26.09.1993
Voting result Accepted (83.77% Yes votes and 23.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 396
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area State organisation > National identity
Economy > Employment > Working hours
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 Schweizer Demokraten
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 102,660
Time used to collect signatures 548 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 92.050
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 394 days
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (110 Yes, 8 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (31 Yes, 6 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Accept
Recommendations by parties
Yes
CVP
EDU
EVP
FDP
FPS
LdU
Lega
PdA
SD
SPS
SVP
No
LPS
Free vote
GPS
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 85.7% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SBV
SGB
TravS
VSA
No
SAV
SGV
Deviating party sections
Yes
GPS AG
GPS GE
GPS SO
LPS FR
LPS VD
No
CVP JU
FDP AG
FDP LU
FDP NE
FDP OW
FDP SO
FDP VD
SVP SG
SVP SO
Free vote
FDP AR
FDP BE
FDP FR
FDP SG
FDP SH
PdA JU
SPS FR
SPS NE
SVP VD
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (83.77% Yes votes)
Cantons Accepted (23.0 Yes, 0.0 No)
Accepted
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 39.89%
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 polls
Full analysis of VOX post-vote poll results PDF (in German)