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Gurten- und Schutzhelmobligatorium

General information
Official title Bundesgesetz über den Strassenverkehr (Gurten- und Schutzhelmobligatorium)
Voting day 30.11.1980
Voting result Accepted (51.55% Yes votes)
Vote Nº 301
Legal form Optional referendum
Policy area Transport and infrastructure > Road 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
Item Nº 79.001
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 429 days
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (140 Yes, 0 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (29 Yes, 0 No)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Komitee "Vereinigung gegen technische Missbräuche" (Westschweizer Automobilisten)
Signatures 90,070
Success PDF (in German)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Accept
Recommendations by parties
Yes
CVP
EVP
FDP
LdU
PdA
POCH
SD
SPS
SVP
No
LPS
REP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 92.7% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
TravS
VSA
No
SGV
Free vote
SAV
Deviating party sections
Yes
LPS BL
LPS BS
No
CVP GE
CVP JU
CVP VD
CVP VS
FDP GE
FDP NE
FDP TI
FDP VD
FDP VS
SD BE
SVP FR
SVP SZ
SVP TI
SVP VD
Free vote
CVP FR
CVP TI
LdU VD
SPS JU
SPS VD
SPS VS
None
SPS NE
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Link eMuseum.ch
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (51.55% Yes votes)
Cantons Majority of the cantons not required (13.0 Yes, 10.0 No)
Rejected
FR
GE
JU
NE
NW
OW
SZ
TI
UR
VD
VS
Accepted
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
GL
GR
LU
SG
SH
SO
TG
ZG
ZH
Turnout 42.06%
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)