Citizen's initiative "Against air pollution from motor vehicles (Albatross initiative)"
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Country:
- Switzerland
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| Date of Vote | 1977-09-25 | |||||||||
| Result | no | |||||||||
| Title in German | Volksinitiative 'gegen die Luftverschmutzung durch Motorfahrzeuge' | |||||||||
| Title in French | Initiative populaire 'contre la pollution atmosphérique causée par les véhicules à moteur' | |||||||||
| Total Electorate | 3811426 | |||||||||
| Citizens abroad thereof | 3430 | |||||||||
| Total Voters | 1969501 | |||||||||
| Turnout Percent | 51.36% | |||||||||
| Empty ballots | 68519 | |||||||||
| Invalid ballots | 2772 | |||||||||
| Informal ballots | 71291 | |||||||||
| Valid Ballots | 1898210 | |||||||||
| Yes Votes | 740842 | |||||||||
| Yes percent | 39.03% | |||||||||
| No Votes | 1157368 | |||||||||
| No percent | 60.97% | |||||||||
| States Yes | 1.5 | |||||||||
| States No | 20.5 | |||||||||
| Linked Vote Status | none |
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| Institutions | Initiative (Formulated Draft) | |||||||||
| Theme Code Bfs 1 | Air quality control | |||||||||
| Theme Code Bfs 2 | Road transport | |||||||||
| Theme Code Bfs 3 | none | |||||||||
| National Council Yes | 12 | |||||||||
| National Council No | 110 | |||||||||
| States' Council Yes | 0 | |||||||||
| States' Council No | 34 | |||||||||
| Recommendation Federal Council | None | |||||||||
| Signatures collected | 53121 | |||||||||
| Committee name | Arbeitsgruppe saubere Schweiz Comité de travail pour une Suisse propre |
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Source: BBl 1977 II 840 FF 1977 III 868 FF 1977 III 855 | ||||||||||
| Canton | Total Electorate | Voters | Voters in % | Informal Votes | Valid Votes | Yes Votes | Yes in % | No Votes | No in % | Result |
| Aargau | 258801 | 141922 | 54.84 | 4395 | 137527 | 48794 | 35.48 | 88733 | 64.52 | no |
| Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 29794 | 15620 | 52.43 | 476 | 15144 | 5932 | 39.17 | 9212 | 60.83 | no |
| Appenzell Innerrhoden | 7883 | 4680 | 59.37 | 232 | 4448 | 1205 | 27.09 | 3243 | 72.91 | no |
| Basel Landschaft | 130730 | 68422 | 52.34 | 1461 | 66961 | 28193 | 42.1 | 38768 | 57.9 | no |
| Basel Stadt | 141751 | 66791 | 47.12 | 1816 | 64975 | 36011 | 55.42 | 28964 | 44.58 | yes |
| Bern | 630654 | 303859 | 48.18 | 9074 | 294785 | 111205 | 37.72 | 183580 | 62.28 | no |
| Fribourg | 112698 | 54048 | 47.96 | 2148 | 51900 | 16328 | 31.46 | 35572 | 68.54 | no |
| Geneva | 179257 | 77321 | 43.13 | 2550 | 74771 | 40768 | 54.52 | 34003 | 45.48 | yes |
| Glarus | 22663 | 10514 | 46.39 | 515 | 9999 | 4198 | 41.98 | 5801 | 58.02 | no |
| Graubünden | 97987 | 46476 | 47.43 | 1753 | 44723 | 15812 | 35.36 | 28911 | 64.64 | no |
| Lucerne | 177481 | 110458 | 62.24 | 5513 | 104945 | 32669 | 31.13 | 72276 | 68.87 | no |
| Neuchâtel | 96961 | 42800 | 44.14 | 1756 | 41044 | 16945 | 41.28 | 24099 | 58.72 | no |
| Nidwalden | 17542 | 10964 | 62.50 | 330 | 10634 | 3200 | 30.09 | 7434 | 69.91 | no |
| Obwalden | 15667 | 9671 | 61.73 | 701 | 8970 | 2071 | 23.09 | 6899 | 76.91 | no |
| Schaffhausen | 42417 | 31702 | 74.74 | 2050 | 29652 | 10516 | 35.46 | 19136 | 64.54 | no |
| Schwyz | 55975 | 31562 | 56.39 | 1586 | 29976 | 8545 | 28.51 | 21431 | 71.49 | no |
| Solothurn | 135276 | 79775 | 58.97 | 2575 | 77200 | 29381 | 38.06 | 47819 | 61.94 | no |
| St. Gallen | 226633 | 123446 | 54.47 | 3220 | 120226 | 43971 | 36.57 | 76255 | 63.43 | no |
| Thurgau | 104216 | 61424 | 58.94 | 2121 | 59303 | 18926 | 31.91 | 40377 | 68.09 | no |
| Ticino | 146121 | 76367 | 52.26 | 3676 | 72691 | 26920 | 37.03 | 45771 | 62.97 | no |
| Uri | 21190 | 12462 | 58.81 | 560 | 11902 | 4161 | 34.96 | 7741 | 65.04 | no |
| Valais | 131011 | 69223 | 52.84 | 6269 | 62954 | 15592 | 24.77 | 47362 | 75.23 | no |
| Vaud | 305989 | 125134 | 40.89 | 4226 | 120908 | 44167 | 36.53 | 76741 | 63.47 | no |
| Zug | 42356 | 26466 | 62.48 | 611 | 25855 | 9299 | 35.97 | 16556 | 64.03 | no |
| Zurich | 680373 | 368394 | 54.15 | 11677 | 356717 | 166033 | 46.54 | 190684 | 53.46 | no |