Citizen's initiative "Proportional election of the National Council"

Level: Country

Country:

Canton for Country level votes
Date of Vote 1910-10-23
Result no
Title in German Eidgenössische Volksinitiative 'für die Proporzwahl des Nationalrates'
Title in French Initiative populaire tendant à appliquer le système proportionnel aux élections pour le Conseil national
Total Electorate 823679
Citizens abroad thereof 0
Total Voters 513534
Turnout Percent 62.34%
Empty ballots 6064
Invalid ballots 1971
Informal ballots 8035
Valid Ballots 505499
Yes Votes 240305
Yes percent 47.54%
No Votes 265194
No percent 52.46%
States Yes 12
States No 10
Linked Vote Status

none
Institutions Initiative (Formulated Draft)
Theme Code Bfs 1 Electoral system

Theme Code Bfs 2 Parliament

Theme Code Bfs 3 none

Recommendation Federal Council None
Signatures collected 142263
Committee name Katholisch-Konservative und Sozialdemokratische Partei
Parti socialiste suisse et catholiques-conservateurs

Source:

BBl 1910 V 427

FF 1910 V 516

Additional remarks Eingelangte Stimmen berechnet aus Ja Stimmen+Nein Stimmen+Leere Stimmen+Ungültige Stimmen
Bulletins rentrés: le résultat obtenu provient de l'addition des "oui", des "non" ainsi que des suffrages blancs et nuls.
Schede rientrate: il risultato ottenuto proviene dall'addizione dei "sì", dei "no" e delle schede bianche e nulle.
Canton Total Electorate Voters Voters in % Informal Votes Valid Votes Yes Votes Yes in % No Votes No in % Result
Aargau 49726 43291 87.06 931 42360 18763 44.29 23597 55.71 no
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 13564 11081 81.69 175 10906 2355 21.59 8551 78.41 no
Appenzell Innerrhoden 3076 2583 83.97 54 2529 1758 69.51 771 30.49 yes
Basel Landschaft 15810 7946 50.26 67 7879 2891 36.69 4988 63.31 no
Basel Stadt 22387 11995 53.58 70 11925 6746 56.57 5179 43.43 yes
Bern 141879 72614 51.18 387 72227 29222 40.46 43005 59.54 no
Fribourg 31812 15764 49.55 135 15629 3918 25.07 11711 74.93 no
Geneva 27881 9224 33.08 97 9127 6001 65.75 3126 34.25 yes
Glarus 8191 5654 69.03 86 5568 2258 40.55 3310 59.45 no
Graubünden 25616 17408 67.96 277 17131 8037 46.91 9094 53.09 no
Lucerne 38862 26403 67.94 259 26144 14822 56.69 11322 43.31 yes
Neuchâtel 31009 13832 44.61 67 13765 8444 61.34 5321 38.66 yes
Nidwalden 3197 1613 50.45 10 1603 1054 65.75 549 34.25 yes
Obwalden 4119 1899 46.10 12 1887 1368 72.5 519 27.5 yes
Schaffhausen 9219 7512 81.48 88 7424 2462 33.16 4962 66.84 no
Schwyz 13882 6711 48.34 108 6603 4430 67.09 2173 32.91 yes
Solothurn 26904 20880 77.61 256 20624 11291 54.75 9333 45.25 yes
St. Gallen 64471 57834 89.71 1006 56828 29469 51.86 27359 48.14 yes
Thurgau 28784 24713 85.86 611 24102 9153 37.98 14949 62.02 no
Ticino 40439 15102 37.35 234 14868 9785 65.81 5083 34.19 yes
Uri 5072 3166 62.42 26 3140 2411 76.78 729 23.22 yes
Valais 30442 13829 45.43 121 13708 8353 60.94 5355 39.06 yes
Vaud 71540 33194 46.40 157 33037 11964 36.21 21073 63.79 no
Zug 6600 3698 56.03 28 3670 2512 68.45 1158 31.55 yes
Zurich 109197 85588 78.38 2773 82815 40838 49.31 41977 50.69 no
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