1934 Swiss public order referendum

A referendum on public order was held in Switzerland on 11 March 1934.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1911 Voters were asked whether they approved of a federal law on maintaining public order. The proposal was rejected by 53.8% 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%For419,39946.2Against488,67253.8Blank votes11,431–Invalid votes2,682–Total922,184100Registered voters/turnout1,167,50879.0Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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