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Ferien-Initiative

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «für eine Verlängerung der bezahlten Ferien»
Voting day 10.03.1985
Voting result Rejected (34.78% Yes votes and 2.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 329
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Economy > Employment > Working hours
Brief description by Swissvotes PDF (in German)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Schweizerischer Gewerkschaftsbund, Sozialdemokratische Partei
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 122,888
Time used to collect signatures 356 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 82.062
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 375 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (55 Yes, 106 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (6 Yes, 30 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Recommendations by parties
Yes
PdA
POCH
SPS
No
CVP
EDU
EVP
FDP
LPS
REP
SD
SVP
Free vote
LdU
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 26.0% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
TravS
No
eco
SAV
SBV
SGV
Free vote
VSA
Deviating party sections
Yes
CVP SH
LdU SG
SVP TI
No
LdU SH
Free vote
CVP TI
SD BL
SVP AR
SVP JU
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (34.78% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (2.0 Yes, 21.0 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
GR
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Accepted
JU
TI
Turnout 34.60%
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)