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Rehabilitation of the Gotthard road tunnel Zweite Gotthardröhre

General information
Official title Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den Strassentransitverkehr im Alpengebiet (STVG) (Sanierung Gotthard-Strassentunnel)
Keyword Zweite Gotthardröhre
Voting day 28.02.2016
Voting result Accepted (57.01% Yes votes)
Vote Nº 599
Legal form Optional referendum
Policy area Transport and infrastructure > Road transport > Road construction
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 13.077
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 378 days
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (120 Yes, 76 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (28 Yes, 17 No)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Linke Parteien und Umweltschutzorganisationen (darunter Alpen-Initiative, VCS, SP, Grüne und GLP)
Signatures 75,872
Time used to collect signatures 98 days
Success PDF (in German)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Accept
Online information by the federal authorities
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
BDP
CVP
EDU
FDP
FPS
Lega
MCG
SVP
No
CSP
EVP
GLP
GPS
PdA
SD
SPS
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 64.0% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
ACS
eco
SBV
SGV
TCS
LDP BS
Astag
Bauen Schweiz
No
SGB
VCS
Pro Natura
WWF
Swisscleantech
Free vote
TravS
Deviating party sections
No
CVP GL
CVP NW
CVP UR
Free vote
CVP NE
Number of adverts in print media 1,112
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 52%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 297
Media coverage: tonality -4 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a No Show all
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (57.01% Yes votes)
Cantons Majority of the cantons not required (21.0 Yes, 2.0 No)
Rejected
GE
VD
Accepted
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 63.47%
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)