1934 Swiss public order referendum

1934 Swiss public order referendum
11 March 1934
Results
Choice
 Votes %
Yes 419,399 46.19%
No 488,672 53.81%
Valid votes 908,071 98.47%
Invalid or blank votes 14,113 1.53%
Total votes 922,184 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 1,167,508 78.99%

A referendum on public order was held in Switzerland on 11 March 1934.[1] Voters were asked whether they approved of a federal law on maintaining public order.[1] The proposal was rejected by 53.8% of voters.[1]

Background

The referendum was an optional referendum,[1] which only a majority of the vote, as opposed to the mandatory referendums, which required a double majority; a majority of the popular vote and majority of the cantons.[2]

Results

Choice Votes %
For419,39946.2
Against488,67253.8
Blank votes11,431–
Invalid votes2,682–
Total922,184100
Registered voters/turnout1,167,50879.0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1911 ISBN 9783832956097
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1891
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.