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Wohneigentums-Initiative

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Wohneigentum für alle»
Voting day 07.02.1999
Voting result Rejected (41.32% Yes votes and 3.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 451
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Environment and living space > Housing > Building of residential housing, property ownership
Public finance > Taxation > Tax system
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 Schweizerischer Hauseigentümer-Verband
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 154,850
Time used to collect signatures 479 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 95.038
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 1,234 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (66 Yes, 109 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (10 Yes, 29 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Recommendations by parties
Yes
FPS
KVP
Lega
LPS
SD
SVP
No
CSP
CVP
EDU
EVP
FDP
GPS
LdU
PdA
SPS
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 25.6% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGV
No
SGB
TravS
VSA
Free vote
eco
None
SBV
Deviating party sections
Yes
CSP JU
CVP GE
CVP TI
FDP AG
FDP BL
FDP FR
FDP GR
FDP JU
FDP NE
FDP NW
FDP SG
FDP SH
FDP SO
FDP SZ
FDP TG
FDP TI
FDP ZG
FDP ZH
No
JLPS SO
SVP AG
SVP AR
SVP GR
SVP JU
Free vote
FDP BS
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a No
Link eMuseum.ch
Link eMuseum.ch
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (41.32% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (3.0 Yes, 20.0 No)
Rejected
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Accepted
AG
GL
SZ
Turnout 38.18%
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)
Technical report PDF (in German)