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Federal popular initiative 'for an area without motorway between Morat and Yverdon'

Status
Completed
Outcome
❌ Rejected at vote
Signature collection
1987-02-17 – 1988-08-17
Voting date
1990-04-01
Valid signatures
138,836
Parliament recommendation
❌ Rejet de l'initiative
Federal Council recommendation
❌ Rejet de l'initiative
Form
Federal popular initiative (specific draft)
Constitutional article
Art. 36bis, 7e al. nouveau

Initiative text

L'initiative proposée a la teneur suivante:

La constitution fédérale est complétée comme il suit:

Art. 36bis, 7e al. (nouveau)

7Aucune route nationale ne sera construite ni exploitée entre Morat et Yverdon.

Timeline

Signatures by canton

Geodata © swisstopo

CantonSubmittedValid Invalid Share of population (%)
Zurich 42,730 41,819 911 3.68
Bern 27,612 27,248 364 2.93
Lucerne 5,083 5,018 65 1.63
Uri 637 625 12 1.87
Schwyz 1,384 1,366 18 1.31
Obwalden 227 224 3 0.81
Nidwalden 352 348 4 1.11
Glarus 494 462 32 1.26
Zug 2,333 2,316 17 2.8
Fribourg 7,560 7,235 325 3.67
Solothurn 10,248 10,027 221 4.55
Basel Stadt 7,666 7,335 331 3.81
Basel Landschaft 6,393 6,256 137 2.75
Schaffhausen 1,641 1,620 21 2.31
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 1,030 1,019 11 2.05
Appenzell Innerrhoden 58 54 4 0.41
St Gallen 5,599 5,529 70 1.36
Graubünden 1,787 1,771 16 1.06
Aargau 7,147 7,066 81 1.48
Thurgau 2,577 2,511 66 1.29
Ticino 1,241 1,200 41 0.43
Vaud 3,237 3,187 50 0.57
Valais 333 330 3 0.14
Neuchâtel 1,302 1,273 29 0.81
Geneva 2,221 2,128 93 0.58
Jura 902 869 33 1.34
Switzerland 141,794 138,836 2,958 2.11

Population estimates: Federal Statistical Office / HSSO

Popular vote of April 1, 1990: Le projet a été rejeté (Yes 32.72% / No 67.28%)

Note: Suffrages n'entrant pas en ligne de compte = 12'638.

Results by canton

Geodata © swisstopo

CantonYes share (%) Yes votesNo votes Turnout (%)
Zurich 36.56 130,710 226,794 48.84
Bern 39.04 97,212 151,826 38.27
Lucerne 32.21 30,027 63,199 44.81
Uri 43.3 4,055 5,310 40.48
Schwyz 28.05 8,189 21,002 41.32
Obwalden 27.46 2,711 7,160 52.93
Nidwalden 28.89 3,783 9,313 58.22
Glarus 41.24 3,724 5,306 38.5
Zug 26.35 8,674 24,247 61.47
Fribourg 19.28 10,610 44,423 40.67
Solothurn 44.14 38,999 49,350 59.03
Basel Stadt 48.51 27,045 28,712 43.15
Basel Landschaft 40.24 26,131 38,814 42.42
Schaffhausen 33.68 10,608 20,889 71.18
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 37.71 5,807 9,591 46.84
Appenzell Innerrhoden 30.97 1,208 2,692 43.45
St Gallen 35.76 37,121 66,681 39.91
Graubünden 33.49 13,981 27,770 37.46
Aargau 30.0 34,321 80,067 36.37
Thurgau 32.46 18,047 37,554 45.36
Ticino 29.35 14,004 33,717 29.07
Vaud 14.71 16,467 95,473 33.24
Valais 14.49 7,219 42,591 31.96
Neuchâtel 14.92 5,785 32,977 39.44
Geneva 25.75 13,171 37,972 27.44
Jura 14.58 2,031 11,903 32.11
Switzerland 32.72 571,640 1,175,333 41.1

Federal data from the Federal Chancellery via LINDAS

Canton populations from the Federal Statistical Office and the Historical Statistics of Switzerland (HSSO)

Cantonal registers