Swissvotes Universität Basel année politique suisse

Initiative to ban slaughter without stunning

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Verbot des Schlachtens ohne vorherige Betäubung»
Voting day 20.08.1893
Voting result Accepted (60.11% Yes votes and 11.5 out of 22 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 40
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Agriculture > Livestock
Culture, religion and media > Religion - churches
Brief description by Swissvotes PDF (in German)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Kantonale Tierschutzvereine von Bern und Aargau sowie Antisemiten
Signatures 83,159
Time used to collect signatures 128 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 1893_007
Parliamentary debate PDF
Duration of proceedings 231 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (49 Yes, 61 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (0 Yes, 31 No)
Public campaign
Position of the Federal Council None
Recommendations by parties
No
CVP
FDP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 0.0% (Details)
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (60.11% Yes votes)
Cantons Accepted (11.5 Yes, 10.5 No)
Rejected
AI
AR
FR
GE
GR
NE
OW
SG
TI
UR
VD
VS
Accepted
AG
BE
BL
BS
GL
LU
NW
SH
SO
SZ
TG
ZG
ZH
Turnout 49.18%
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