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Preisüberwachungs-Initiative

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «zur Verhinderung missbräuchlicher Preise»
Voting day 28.11.1982
Voting result Accepted (56.13% Yes votes and 18.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 311.1
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Economy > Economic policy > Pricing policy
Economy > Economic policy > Consumer protection
Brief description by Swissvotes PDF (in German)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Konsumentinnenforum der deutschen Schweiz und des Kantons Tessin
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 133,082
Time used to collect signatures 276 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 81.058
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 191 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (82 Yes, 83 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (11 Yes, 24 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EVP
LdU
PdA
POCH
SD
SPS
No
EDU
FDP
LPS
REP
SVP
Free vote
CVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 35.8% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
TravS
VSA
No
eco
SAV
SBV
SGV
Deviating party sections
Yes
CVP BE
CVP SH
CVP SO
CVP TI
CVP VD
JCVP CH
SVP GR
No
CVP AG
CVP AR
CVP BL
CVP FR
CVP GE
CVP GL
CVP LU
CVP OW
CVP SG
CVP TG
CVP UR
CVP VS
CVP ZG
CVP ZH
EVP BE
Vote blank
JSVP CH
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (56.13% Yes votes)
Cantons Accepted (18.0 Yes, 5.0 No)
Rejected
AI
AR
NW
OW
SZ
TG
VS
Accepted
AG
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
SG
SH
SO
TI
UR
VD
ZG
ZH
Turnout 32.92%
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)