| Title | Date | Legal form | Policy area | Voting result | Yes share | Turnout | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reintroduction of the death penalty | 18.05.1879 | Mandatory referendum | State organisation | Accepted | 52.47% | 60.35% | Details |
| Banknote monopoly | 31.10.1880 | Mandatory referendum | Economy, State organisation |
Rejected | 31.77% | 59.42% | Details |
| Epidemics Act | 30.07.1882 | Optional referendum | Social policy, State organisation |
Rejected | 21.10% | 50.75% | Details |
| Decree on the protection of inventions | 30.07.1882 | Mandatory referendum | Economy | Rejected | 47.48% | 46.95% | Details |
| Schaffung eines Erziehungssekretärs des Bundes | 26.11.1882 | Optional referendum | Education and research, State organisation |
Rejected | 35.09% | 75.64% | Details |
| Subsidy to the Swiss legation in Washington | 11.05.1884 | Optional referendum | Foreign policy | Rejected | 38.55% | 60.09% | Details |
| Federal criminal law (Stabio article) | 11.05.1884 | Optional referendum | State organisation, Security policy |
Rejected | 43.96% | 60.09% | Details |
| Patent taxes for commercial travellers | 11.05.1884 | Optional referendum | State organisation, Economy |
Rejected | 47.89% | 60.09% | Details |
| Organisation of the Department of Justice and Police | 11.05.1884 | Optional referendum | State organisation | Rejected | 41.06% | 60.09% | Details |
| Bundeskompetenz zur Regelung des Alkoholwesens | 25.10.1885 | Mandatory referendum | Social policy, Public finance, Agriculture |
Accepted | 59.39% | 60.42% | Details |
| Bundesgesetz betreffend gebrannte Wasser | 15.05.1887 | Optional referendum | Social policy, Public finance, Agriculture |
Accepted | 65.86% | 62.45% | Details |
| Bundeskompetenz für den Erfindungsschutz | 10.07.1887 | Mandatory referendum | Economy | Accepted | 77.86% | 42.40% | Details |
| Debt collection and bankruptcy Act | 17.11.1889 | Optional referendum | Economy, State organisation |
Accepted | 52.86% | 70.87% | Details |
| Right to legislate on accident and health insurance | 26.10.1890 | Mandatory referendum | Social policy | Accepted | 75.44% | 59.75% | Details |
| Pension Act | 15.03.1891 | Optional referendum | State organisation, Social policy |
Rejected | 20.60% | 68.61% | Details |
| Introduction of the popular initiative for the partial revision of the Federal Constitution | 05.07.1891 | Mandatory referendum | State organisation | Accepted | 60.28% | 49.92% | Details |
| Customs tariff Act | 18.10.1891 | Optional referendum | Foreign policy, Agriculture, Economy |
Accepted | 58.06% | 61.56% | Details |
| Banknote monopoly | 18.10.1891 | Mandatory referendum | Economy, State organisation |
Accepted | 59.35% | 61.97% | Details |
| Buyback of the Swiss Central Railway | 06.12.1891 | Optional referendum | Transport and infrastructure | Rejected | 31.12% | 64.26% | Details |
| Initiative to ban slaughter without stunning | 20.08.1893 | Popular initiative | Agriculture, Culture, religion and media |
Accepted | 60.11% | 49.18% | Details |
