| Title | Date | Legal form | Policy area | Voting result | Yes share | Turnout | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vereinheitlichung des Strafrechts | 13.11.1898 | Mandatory referendum | State organisation | Accepted | 72.37% | 52.80% | Details |
| Vereinheitlichung des Zivilrechts | 13.11.1898 | Mandatory referendum | State organisation | Accepted | 72.25% | 52.75% | Details |
| Gesetz über die schweizerischen Bundesbahnen | 20.02.1898 | Optional referendum | Transport and infrastructure | Accepted | 67.91% | 78.07% | Details |
| Bundeskompetenz für die Lebensmittelpolizei | 11.07.1897 | Mandatory referendum | Economy, State organisation, Social policy |
Accepted | 65.11% | 38.76% | Details |
| Bundeskompetenz bei der Wasserbau- und Forstpolizei | 11.07.1897 | Mandatory referendum | Agriculture, Environment and living space |
Accepted | 63.54% | 38.67% | Details |
| Act on the establishment of the Swiss Federal Bank | 28.02.1897 | Optional referendum | State organisation, Economy |
Rejected | 43.33% | 64.60% | Details |
| Disciplinary Code for the Swiss Armed Forces | 04.10.1896 | Optional referendum | Security policy, State organisation |
Rejected | 19.88% | 57.58% | Details |
| Railway accounting Act | 04.10.1896 | Optional referendum | Transport and infrastructure | Accepted | 55.83% | 57.84% | Details |
| Livestock trade Act | 04.10.1896 | Optional referendum | Agriculture, State organisation |
Rejected | 45.54% | 57.60% | Details |
| Revision of the constitutional articles on the military | 03.11.1895 | Mandatory referendum | Security policy, State organisation |
Rejected | 41.98% | 67.88% | Details |
| Monopoly on matches | 29.09.1895 | Mandatory referendum | Economy, Social policy |
Rejected | 43.23% | 48.63% | Details |
| Act on the representation of Switzerland abroad | 03.02.1895 | Optional referendum | Foreign policy | Rejected | 41.16% | 46.33% | Details |
| Customs revenue initiative | 04.11.1894 | Popular initiative | State organisation, Public finance |
Rejected | 29.32% | 72.85% | Details |
| Initiative for a right to work | 03.06.1894 | Popular initiative | Economy, Social policy, State organisation |
Rejected | 19.75% | 57.59% | Details |
| Federal competence for trade and commerce | 04.03.1894 | Mandatory referendum | Economy | Rejected | 46.13% | 46.79% | Details |
| Initiative to ban slaughter without stunning | 20.08.1893 | Popular initiative | Agriculture, Culture, religion and media |
Accepted | 60.11% | 49.18% | Details |
| Buyback of the Swiss Central Railway | 06.12.1891 | Optional referendum | Transport and infrastructure | Rejected | 31.12% | 64.26% | 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 |
| 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 |
