# 1987 Swiss referendums

Seven referendums were held in Switzerland in 1987. The first four were held on 5 April on amendments to the laws on asylum and foreign residents (both approved), a popular initiative "for the people's co-determination of military expenditure" (rejected) and a federal resolution on the voting system for popular initiatives that also have counter-proposals (approved).
The last three were held on 6 December on a federal resolution on the Rail 2000 project (approved), an amendment to the federal law on health insurance (rejected) and a popular initiative "for the protection of fens - Rothenthurm Initiative" (approved).

## Results
### April: Amendment to the asylum law

| Choice | Votes | % |
| For | 1,180,082 | 67.3 |
| Against | 572,330 | 32.7 |
| Blank votes | 35,021 | – |
| Invalid votes | 2,659 | – |
| Total | 1,790,092 | 100 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,223,723 | 42.4 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |||

### April: Amendment to the foreign residents law

| Choice | Votes | % |
| For | 1,122,027 | 65.7 |
| Against | 585,460 | 34.3 |
| Blank votes | 73,532 | – |
| Invalid votes | 2,969 | – |
| Total | 1,783,988 | 100 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,223,723 | 42.2 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |||

### April: Military expenditure

| Choice | Popular vote | Popular vote | Cantons | Cantons | Cantons |
| Choice | Votes | % | Full | Half | Total |
| For | 714,209 | 40.6 | 2 | 1 | 2.5 |
| Against | 1,046,637 | 59.4 | 18 | 5 | 20.5 |
| Blank votes | 28,080 | – | – | – | – |
| Invalid votes | 2,702 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,791,628 | 100 | 20 | 6 | 23 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,223,723 | 42.4 | – | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver ||||||

### April: Voting procedure for popular initiatives

| Choice | Popular vote | Popular vote | Cantons | Cantons | Cantons |
| Choice | Votes | % | Full | Half | Total |
| For | 1,080,992 | 63.3 | 18 | 6 | 21 |
| Against | 627,665 | 36.7 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Blank votes | 72,765 | – | – | – | – |
| Invalid votes | 3,592 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,785,014 | 100 | 20 | 6 | 23 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,223,723 | 42.3 | – | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver ||||||

### December: Rail 2000

| Choice | Votes | % |
| For | 1,140,857 | 57.0 |
| Against | 860,893 | 43.0 |
| Blank votes | 22,635 | – |
| Invalid votes | 2,889 | – |
| Total | 2,027,274 | 100 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,250,684 | 47.7 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |||

### December: Amendment to the Health insurance law

| Choice | Votes | % |
| For | 571,447 | 28.7 |
| Against | 1,418,231 | 71.3 |
| Blank votes | 33,063 | – |
| Invalid votes | 3,300 | – |
| Total | 2,026,041 | 100 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,250,684 | 47.7 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |||

### December: Fen protection (Rothenthurm initiative)

| Choice | Popular vote | Popular vote | Cantons | Cantons | Cantons |
| Choice | Votes | % | Full | Half | Total |
| For | 1,153,448 | 57.8 | 17 | 6 | 20 |
| Against | 843,555 | 42.2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Blank votes | 26,139 | – | – | – | – |
| Invalid votes | 3,188 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 2,026,330 | 100 | 20 | 6 | 23 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,250,684 | 47.7 | – | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver ||||||