1924 Swiss employment protection referendum

A referendum on employment protection was held in Switzerland on 17 February 1924.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1909 Voters were asked whether they approved of an amendment to the federal employment protection law. The proposal was rejected by 57.6% of voters.

Background The referendum was an optional referendum, 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.Nohlen & Stöver, p1891

Results ChoiceVotes%For320,66842.4Against436,18057.6Blank votes7,676–Invalid votes1,981–Total766,505100Registered voters/turnout995,66377.0Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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