Fifteen referendums were held in Switzerland during 1992. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', pp1933–1945 The first two were held on 16 February on popular initiatives "for a financially bearable health insurance" and "for the drastic and stepwise limitation of animal experiments." Both were rejected by voters. The next seven were held on 17 May on joining and contributing to the Bretton Woods system (both approved), a federal law on water protection (approved), a

popular initiative In political science, an initiative (also known as a popular initiative or citizens' initiative) is a means by which a petition signed by a certain number of registered voters can force a government to choose either to enact a law or hold a p ...

"for the recovery of our waters" (rejected), a federal resolution on the

"against the malpractice of gene technology on humans" (approved), a federal resolution on creating a civilian service alternative to military service (approved) and a change to the

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and the Military Penal Code on sexual integrity (approved). A third set of six referendums was held on 27 September on a federal resolution on building a transalpine rail route (approved), a federal law on the standing orders of the Federal Assembly (approved), federal laws on the salaries and expenses of members of the Federal Assembly (both rejected), an amendment to the stamp duty law (approved) and a federal law on farmland (approved). The final referendum was held on 6 December on a federal resolution on the

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, and was narrowly rejected.

Results

EEA referendum result by canton

References

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