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Tierschutzanwalt-Initiative

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Gegen Tierquälerei und für einen besseren Rechtsschutz der Tiere (Tierschutzanwalt-Initiative)»
Voting day 07.03.2010
Voting result Rejected (29.50% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 549
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Environment and living space > Environment > Animal protection
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 Schweizerischer Tierschutz STS
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 144,844
Time used to collect signatures 541 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 08.036
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 499 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (50 Yes, 130 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (6 Yes, 30 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
EVP
FPS
GLP
GPS
SD
SPS
No
BDP
CSP
CVP
EDU
FDP
KVP
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 33.5% (Details)
Recommendations by others
No
SBV
Deviating party sections
Yes
CVP BE
JFDP GR
SD BS
SVP TI
No
EVP TG
GPS FR
JUSO VS
Free vote
GLP LU
GPS VS
JUSO CH
SPS BL
SPS FR
SPS VS
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a No
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (29.50% 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 45.82%
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)