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Initiative «Für ein Verbot von Kriegsmaterial-Exporten»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Für ein Verbot von Kriegsmaterial-Exporten»
Voting day 29.11.2009
Voting result Rejected (31.77% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 546
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Foreign policy > Foreign trade policy
Security policy > Armed forces > Armament
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 GSoA
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 109,224
Time used to collect signatures 451 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 08.060
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 289 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (63 Yes, 131 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (7 Yes, 35 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
CSP
GPS
PdA
SPS
No
BDP
CVP
EDU
FDP
FPS
KVP
Lega
SD
SVP
Free vote
EVP
GLP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 30.2% (Details)
Recommendations by others
No
eco
SAV
SBV
SGV
Free vote
TravS
None
SGB
Deviating party sections
Yes
EVP GR
GLP BS
GLP SO
No
EVP BE
EVP SH
GLP AG
GLP GR
GLP LU
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 (31.77% 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 53.39%
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)