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«Gesundheitsinitiative»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Gesundheit muss bezahlbar bleiben (Gesundheitsinitiative)»
Voting day 18.05.2003
Voting result Rejected (27.09% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 499
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Social policy > Social security > Health and accident insurance
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 der Schweiz
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 108,081
Time used to collect signatures 547 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 00.046
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 918 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (60 Yes, 84 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (5 Yes, 35 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Campaign websites
Recommendations by parties
Yes
CSP
EVP
GPS
PdA
SPS
No
CVP
EDU
FDP
FPS
LPS
SD
SVP
Free vote
Lega
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 30.6% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
TravS
No
eco
SAV
SBV
Deviating party sections
No
EVP SG
Free vote
EVP BE
GPS TG
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes Show all
Graphical campaign material for a No
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (27.09% 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 49.68%
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)