
In all, 53.4 percent of voters balked at releasing the 3.1 billion francs ($3.5 billion) needed to purchase the 22 planes from Sweden's Saab, according to official referendum results.
Polls ahead of the referendum predicted that voters would turn down the government plan, which called for the new fighter jets to replace the Swiss Air Force's ageing fleet of 54 F-5 Tiger aircraft to defend Switzerland's air space.
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