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Initiative «für eine gerechte Vertretung der Frauen in den Bundesbehörden» Quoten-Initiative

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «für eine gerechte Vertretung der Frauen in den Bundesbehörden (Initiative 3. März)»
Keyword Quoten-Initiative
Voting day 12.03.2000
Voting result Rejected (17.97% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 461
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Social policy > Social groups > Status of women
State organisation > Institutions
State organisation > Political system > Electoral 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 Komitee Frauen in den Bundesrat (lanciert v.a. von grünen Parlamentarierinnen)
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 109,713
Time used to collect signatures 546 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 97.031
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 823 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (48 Yes, 112 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (4 Yes, 36 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Recommendations by parties
Yes
CSP
GPS
PdA
SPS
No
CVP
EDU
EVP
FDP
FPS
Lega
LPS
SD
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 28.8% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
TravS
Parti Socialiste Autonome du Jura Sud
No
eco
SGV
None
SBV
Deviating party sections
No
CSP FR
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Link Social Archives
Link Social Archives
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (17.97% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (0.0 Yes, 23.0 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 42.19%
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)