Patent taxes for commercial travellers

Popular vote of May 11, 1884 · Optional referendum · No. 27Arrêté fédéral concernant les taxes de patente des voyageurs de commerce

The proposal was rejected.

Yes share
47.9 %
Turnout
60.1 %
Yes
174'195 (48 %)
No
189'550 (52 %)
Eligible voters
634'299

Recommendations

Federal Council
Yes
Parliament
Yes
Final vote, National Council
71 (64 %) : 40 (36 %)
Final vote, Council of States
25 (63 %) : 15 (38 %)

By canton

AreaYesNoTurnout
Zurich30'860 (66 %)15'813 (34 %)62.6 %
Bern22'669 (47 %)25'425 (53 %)45.2 %
Lucerne5'680 (30 %)13'536 (70 %)64.3 %
Uri316 (9 %)3'288 (91 %)87.3 %
Schwyz799 (14 %)4'713 (86 %)45.8 %
Obwalden75 (3 %)2'482 (97 %)71.0 %
Nidwalden209 (11 %)1'651 (89 %)66.5 %
Glarus3'992 (83 %)845 (17 %)60.4 %
Zug642 (22 %)2'297 (78 %)52.1 %
Fribourg3'878 (20 %)15'701 (80 %)70.3 %
Solothurn5'986 (56 %)4'799 (44 %)69.4 %
Basel-Stadt4'006 (74 %)1'404 (26 %)51.7 %
Basel-Landschaft3'031 (51 %)2'906 (49 %)55.7 %
Schaffhausen3'626 (59 %)2'533 (41 %)82.3 %
Appenzell Ausserrhoden7'057 (72 %)2'720 (28 %)76.8 %
Appenzell Innerrhoden493 (28 %)1'248 (72 %)55.1 %
St. Gallen14'370 (38 %)23'056 (62 %)74.0 %
Graubünden5'222 (37 %)9'019 (63 %)69.9 %
Aargau17'227 (52 %)16'008 (48 %)84.5 %
Thurgau8'805 (57 %)6'545 (43 %)65.0 %
Ticino5'040 (33 %)10'412 (67 %)41.2 %
Vaud14'710 (77 %)4'303 (23 %)32.3 %
Valais1'368 (8 %)15'958 (92 %)65.7 %
Neuchâtel5'691 (93 %)419 (7 %)25.4 %
Geneva6'315 (87 %)938 (13 %)39.0 %

On the same day

Sources: Swissvotes, Federal Chancellery

Data: Swissvotes, the database of federal popular votes (Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern; CC BY 4.0), the Federal Statistical Office and the Parliamentary Services.