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Initiative «Strom ohne Atom»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Strom ohne Atom - Für eine Energiewende und die schrittweise Stilllegung der Atomkraftwerke»
Voting day 18.05.2003
Voting result Rejected (33.71% Yes votes and 0.5 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 501
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Energy > Nuclear energy
Environment and living space > Environment > Environmental policy
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 Verein 'Strom ohne Atom' (rund 30 Umweltorganisationen, Sozialdemokratische Partei, Grüne Partei der Schweiz)
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 117,916
Time used to collect signatures 546 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 01.022
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 653 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (63 Yes, 108 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (5 Yes, 36 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Recommendations by parties
Yes
CSP
EVP
GPS
PdA
SD
SPS
No
CVP
EDU
FDP
FPS
Lega
LPS
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 32.5% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
No
eco
SAV
SBV
SGV
TravS
Deviating party sections
Yes
CVP VD
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 (33.71% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (0.5 Yes, 22.5 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Accepted
BS
Turnout 49.72%
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)