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Armee XXI

General information
Official title Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über die Armee und die Militärverwaltung (Militärgesetz, MG)
Voting day 18.05.2003
Voting result Accepted (76.04% Yes votes)
Vote Nº 495
Legal form Optional referendum
Policy area Security policy > Armed forces > Military organisation
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)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 01.065
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 345 days
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (112 Yes, 37 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (46 Yes, 0 No)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Mehrere Organisationen, darunter Action service actif (Aktivdienstler), Schweizer Demokraten, Interessengemeinschaft Miliz, young4fun
Signatures 64,196
Time used to collect signatures 100 days
Success PDF (in German)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Accept
Recommendations by parties
Yes
CSP
CVP
EVP
FDP
LPS
SVP
No
EDU
FPS
PdA
SD
Vote blank
GPS
SPS
Free vote
Lega
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 62.8% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
eco
SAV
SBV
SGB
SGV
None
TravS
Deviating party sections
Yes
SPS FR
SPS NE
SPS TG
No
JSVP CH
SVP BL
SVP BS
SVP GE
SVP LU
SVP NW
SVP OW
SVP SG
SVP SZ
SVP TI
SVP VS
SVP ZG
SVP ZH
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (76.04% Yes votes)
Cantons Majority of the cantons not required (23.0 Yes, 0.0 No)
Accepted
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 49.56%
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)