Initiative on the associative right of appeal for environmental organisations

Popular vote of Nov 30, 2008 · Popular initiative · No. 537Initiative populaire «Droit de recours des organisations: Assez d'obstructionnisme – Plus de croissance pour la Suisse!»

The proposal was rejected.

Yes share
34.0 %
Cantons
0 : 23
Turnout
47.2 %
Yes
773'467 (34 %)
No
1'501'766 (66 %)
Eligible voters
4'996'626

What was voted on

Recommendations

Federal Council
No
Parliament
No
Final vote, Council of States
9 (23 %) : 30 (77 %)
Recommend yes
BDP, EDU, FDP, FPS, LPS, SVP, Lega
Recommend no
SD, CVP, EVP, GLP, Grüne, KVP, PdA, SP, UCSP
Associations
Recommend yes: economiesuisse, GewerbeverbandRecommend no: Gewerkschaftsbund, Travail.SuisseFree vote: Bauernverband

By canton

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AreaYesNoTurnout
Zurich159'535 (38 %)258'205 (62 %)50.7 %
Bern86'845 (30 %)206'169 (70 %)43.3 %
Lucerne42'025 (37 %)72'865 (63 %)47.5 %
Uri3'472 (37 %)5'957 (63 %)38.0 %
Schwyz18'201 (42 %)24'774 (58 %)45.9 %
Obwalden4'510 (42 %)6'322 (58 %)47.2 %
Nidwalden6'307 (47 %)6'989 (53 %)46.3 %
Glarus3'781 (38 %)6'296 (62 %)40.2 %
Zug12'619 (37 %)21'837 (63 %)49.7 %
Fribourg23'022 (28 %)57'984 (72 %)47.8 %
Solothurn23'526 (31 %)51'497 (69 %)45.1 %
Basel-Stadt13'473 (24 %)42'512 (76 %)50.8 %
Basel-Landschaft24'646 (29 %)59'797 (71 %)47.4 %
Schaffhausen8'511 (32 %)17'956 (68 %)60.5 %
Appenzell Ausserrhoden5'940 (33 %)11'913 (67 %)48.6 %
Appenzell Innerrhoden1'309 (31 %)2'898 (69 %)39.3 %
St. Gallen51'823 (38 %)85'510 (62 %)46.3 %
Graubünden18'132 (32 %)38'097 (68 %)44.1 %
Aargau63'387 (37 %)107'308 (63 %)45.2 %
Thurgau22'231 (33 %)45'100 (67 %)45.7 %
Ticino26'598 (33 %)53'265 (67 %)40.1 %
Vaud63'759 (33 %)131'893 (67 %)51.3 %
Valais43'694 (40 %)65'159 (60 %)57.4 %
Neuchâtel11'134 (23 %)36'585 (77 %)45.8 %
Geneva28'438 (30 %)67'786 (70 %)43.3 %
Jura6'549 (28 %)17'092 (72 %)49.9 %

On the same day

Sources: Swissvotes, Federal Chancellery, Année politique suisse

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.