Swissvotes Universität Basel année politique suisse

Initiative für ein konstruktives Referendum

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Mehr Rechte für das Volk dank dem Referendum mit Gegenvorschlag»
Voting day 24.09.2000
Voting result Rejected (34.10% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 468
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area State organisation > People’s rights > Referendum
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 Sozialdemokratische Partei
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 123,205
Time used to collect signatures 546 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 99.021
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 389 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (67 Yes, 112 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (6 Yes, 36 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EVP
GPS
Lega
PdA
SPS
No
CSP
CVP
EDU
FDP
FPS
LPS
SD
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 31.1% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
TravS
VCS
No
SAV
SBV
SGV
Swissmem
Free vote
VSA
None
eco
Deviating party sections
Yes
JSVP CH
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Link Basel Poster Collection
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (34.10% 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 44.81%
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)