1971 Swiss referendums#February

{{short description|Three referendums held in Switzerland in 1971}}

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Three referendums were held in Switzerland in 1971.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1920 {{ISBN|9783832956097}} The first was held on 7 February on introducing women's suffrage at the federal level, and was approved by 66% of voters. The second and third were held on 6 June on a constitutional amendment to introduce the human right to a non-hazardous environment and a federal resolution on federal finances. In the first referendum in which women were allowed to vote, both were approved by voters.

Results

=February: [[1971 Swiss women's suffrage referendum|Women's suffrage]]=

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!rowspan=2|Choice

!colspan=2|Popular vote

!colspan=3|Cantons

Votes

!%

!Full

!Half

!Total

align=left|For621,10965.714315.5
align=left|Against323,88234.3536.5
align=left|Blank votes8,600
align=left|Invalid votes1,730
align=left|Total955,32110019622
align=left|Registered voters/turnout1,654,70857.7
align=left colspan=6|Source: Nohlen & Stöver

=June: Constitutional amendment=

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!colspan=2|Popular vote

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Votes

!%

!Full

!Half

!Total

align=left|For1,222,93192.719622
align=left|Against96,3597.3000
align=left|Blank votes28,252
align=left|Invalid votes2,066
align=left|Total1,349,60810019622
align=left|Registered voters/turnout3,565,43537.9
align=left colspan=6|Source: Nohlen & Stöver

=June: Federal finances=

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!rowspan=2|Choice

!colspan=2|Popular vote

!colspan=3|Cantons

Votes

!%

!Full

!Half

!Total

align=left|For930,87872.719622
align=left|Against348,70227.3000
align=left|Blank votes64,306
align=left|Invalid votes2,477
align=left|Total1,346,36310019622
align=left|Registered voters/turnout3,565,43537.8
align=left colspan=6|Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References