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Initiative für eine direkte Bundessteuer

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «für die Einführung der direkten Bundessteuer»
Voting day 02.06.1918
Voting result Rejected (45.93% Yes votes and 7.5 out of 22 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 76
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Public finance > Taxation > Direct taxation
Brief description by Swissvotes PDF (in German)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Sozialdemokratische Partei
Signatures 116,185
Time used to collect signatures 244 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 846
Parliamentary debate PDF
Duration of proceedings 56 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (21 Yes, 138 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (1 Yes, 31 No)
Public campaign
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Recommendations by parties
Yes
SPS
No
FDP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 30.8% (Details)
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Link eMuseum.ch
Link Basel Poster Collection
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (45.93% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (7.5 Yes, 14.5 No)
Rejected
AI
FR
GE
GR
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
Accepted
AG
AR
BE
BL
BS
GL
SH
SO
ZH
Turnout 65.40%
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