1992 Swiss referendums

Overview of Swiss referendums held in 1992 Fifteen referendums were held in Switzerland during 1992.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1933–1945 9783832956097 The first two were held on 16 February on popular initiatives "for a financially bearable health insurance" and "for the drastic and stepwise limitation of animal experiments." Both were rejected by voters.Nohlen & Stöver, p1933 The next seven were held on 17 May on joining and contributing to the Bretton Woods system (both approved), a federal law on water protection (approved), a popular initiative "for the recovery of our waters" (rejected), a federal resolution on the popular initiative "against the malpractice of gene technology on humans" (approved), a federal resolution on creating a civilian service alternative to military service (approved) and a change to the Strafgesetzbuch and the Military and Penal Codes on sexual integrity (approved).Nohlen & Stöver, pp1934–1935 A third set of six referendums was held on 27 September on a federal resolution on building a transalpine rail route (approved), a federal law on the standing orders of the Federal Assembly (approved), federal laws on the salaries and expenses of members of the Federal Assembly (both rejected), an amendment to the stamp duty law (approved) and a federal law on farmland (approved).Nohlen & Stöver, p1934 The final referendum was held on 6 December on a federal resolution on the European Economic Area (rejected).Nohlen & Stöver, p1935Kreis George https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003038719-2/looking-back-georg-kreis Looking back : 1992 as a critical juncture 2021 Routledge 978-1-003-03871-9 en 10.4324/9781003038719-2 Results MonthQuestionForAgainstBlank/invalidTotalRegisteredvotersTurnoutCantons forCantons againstVotes%Votes%BlankInvalidFullHalfFullHalfFebruaryPopular initiative on health insurance772,99539.31,195,55060.731,9694,4692,004,9834,515,48544.410196Popular initiative on animal experiments864,89843.61,117,23656.422,8544,4122,009,40044.531175MayJoining Bretton Woods923,68555.8730,55344.295,8363,3831,753,4574,519,14438.8Contribution to Bretton Woods929,92656.4718,25743.6101,6073,4881,753,27838.8Federal law on water protection1,151,70666.1591,24033.926,2332,6641,771,84339.2Popular initiative on water protection644,08337.11,093,98762.931,0862,5661,771,72239.200206Popular initiative on gene technology1,271,05273.8450,63526.245,6573,1431,770,48739.219610Civilian service1,442,26382.5305,44117.522,0272,4081,772,13939.220600Changes to the Strafgesetzbuch1,255,60473.1461,72326.948,5002,9251,768,75239.1SeptemberNew Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA) proposal1,305,91463.6747,04836.424,9452,8782,080,7854,533,61745.9Standing orders of the Federal Assembly1,097,18558.0794,13242.0162,7084,6852,058,71045.4Salary of Federal Assembly members542,76827.61,424,95472.493,7323,6492,065,10345.6Expenses of Federal Assembly members590,48430.61,339,59769.4127,7743,8942,061,74945.5Amendment to the stamp duty law1,203,57961.5771,35138.565,2753,3322,070,53745.7Law on farmland1,058,31753.6917,09146.490,2494,0542,069,71145.7DecemberFederal resolution on the European Economic Area1,762,87249.71,786,70850.323,4877,0273,580,0944,546,57178.762144Source: Nohlen EEA referendum result by canton thumb|right|Results by canton CantonYesNoInvalid/blankTotalvotesRegisteredvotersTurnout(%)Votes%Votes%Zürich48.48 51.5280.48Bern47.59 52.4178.69Lucerne39.31 60.6980.91Uri25.13 74.8778.36Schwyz26.69 73.3183.23Obwalden28.20 71.8081.78Nidwalden33.86 66.1484.10Glarus31.95 68.0579.71Zug43.83 56.1737287.17Fribourg 64.8935.1176.41Solothurn42.59 57.4183.68Basel-Stadt 55.4344.5772.37Basel-Landschaft 53.1846.8280.08Schaffhausen38.51 61.4963785.47Appenzell Ausserrhoden36.73 63.2782.49Appenzell Innerrhoden29.05 70.9584.67St. Gallen38.44 61.5681.17Graubünden32.44 67.5675.68Aargau39.94 60.0676.16Thurgau35.96 64.0479.98Ticino38.4661.5476.24Vaud78.3121.6972.67Valais 55.8444.1687.23Neuchâtel 79.9620.0474.83Geneva 78.1421.8673.52Jura 77.1522.8575.59Source: European Election Database References Politics Switzerland Referendums Switzerland Category:Referendums in Switzerland Category:Switzerland–European Union relations