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Ausländergesetz

General information
Official title Bundesgesetz über die Ausländerinnen und Ausländer
Voting day 24.09.2006
Voting result Accepted (67.97% Yes votes)
Vote Nº 524
Legal form Optional referendum
Policy area Social policy > Social groups > Immigration 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)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 02.024
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 1,379 days
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (106 Yes, 66 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (33 Yes, 8 No)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Grüne Partei der Schweiz, Solidarité sans frontières, Forum für die Integration der Migrantinnen und Migranten, unterstützt von der Sozialdemokratischen Partei und Gewerkschaften
Signatures 73,800
Time used to collect signatures 100 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
Recommendations by parties
Yes
CVP
EDU
FDP
FPS
KVP
Lega
LPS
SD
SVP
No
CSP
EVP
GPS
PdA
SPS
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 63.3% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
eco
SAV
SBV
SGV
GLP ZH
No
SGB
TravS
Deviating party sections
No
CVP GE
CVP JU
CVP NE
CVP TI
CVP VD
Free vote
CVP BE
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Graphical campaign material for a No Show all
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (67.97% Yes votes)
Cantons Majority of the cantons not required (23.0 Yes, 0.0 No)
Accepted
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 49.04%
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)