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Bundesbeschluss über die Wählbarkeit in den Bundesrat

General information
Official title Bundesbeschluss über die Änderung der Voraussetzung für die Wählbarkeit in den Bundesrat
Voting day 07.02.1999
Voting result Accepted (74.67% Yes votes and 21.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 449
Legal form Mandatory referendum
Policy area State organisation > Institutions > Government, administration
State organisation > Political system > Electoral system
State organisation > Federalism
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)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 93.452
Parliamentary initiative PDF (in German)
Report of the parliamentary committee PDF (in German)
Opinion of the Federal Council PDF (in German)
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (144 Yes, 37 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (35 Yes, 1 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Accept
Recommendations by parties
Yes
CSP
CVP
EDU
EVP
FDP
FPS
GPS
LdU
LPS
PdA
SD
SPS
SVP
No
KVP
Lega
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 94.9% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
TravS
Free vote
SGV
None
eco
SBV
Deviating party sections
No
CSP JU
CVP FR
CVP JU
CVP TI
FDP JU
FDP NE
FDP TI
FDP VS
LPS VD
SD AG
SVP GE
SVP JU
SVP SZ
SVP UR
SVP ZG
SVP ZH
Free vote
GPS VS
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (74.67% Yes votes)
Cantons Accepted (21.0 Yes, 2.0 No)
Rejected
JU
VS
Accepted
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
GR
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
ZG
ZH
Turnout 38.01%
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)
Technical report on the VOX poll PDF (in German)