Popular votes

Popular vote on 7th March 2021

Results at the Swiss level

Date	Objet	Yes in %	Participation in %	Cantons in favour	Cantons against
Popular vote on 07.03.2021
07.03.2021	Ban on full facial coverings	51.2	51.4	16 4/2	4 2/2
07.03.2021	Electronic Identity Act	35.6	51.3	0	26
07.03.2021	Initiative Against War Business	51.6	51.1	20	6

provisional results

Popular vote on 29th November 2020

Results at the Swiss level

Object	Type	Yes in %	Participation in %	Cantons in favour	Cantons against
29.11.2020	Responsable Business Initiative*	50.7	47.0	8 1/2	12 5/2
29.11.2020	Initiative Against War Business	42.5	46.9	3 1/2	17 5/2

provisional results
* The initiative was rejected as the necessary majority of cantons in favour was not attained. Source: FSO/election and vote statistics

Popular vote on 27th September 2020

Results at the Swiss level

Object	Type	Yes in %	Participation in %	Cantons in favour	Cantons against
27.09.2020	Popular initiative "For moderate immigration (Limitation Initiative)"	38.3	59.4	3 1/2	19 1/2
27.09.2020	Amendment of the Hunting Act	48.1	59.3	15	11
27.09.2020	Amendment of the Federal Act on Direct Federal Taxation	36.8	59.1	2	24
27.09.2020	Amendment of the Loss of Earnings Compensation Act	60.3	59.3	17	9
27.09.2020	Federal Decree on the Procurement of New Fighter Aircraft	50.1	59.4	18	8

Source: FSO/election and vote statistics

Popular vote on 9th February 2020

Results at the Swiss level

Object	Type	Yes in %	Participation in %	Cantons in favour	Cantons against
"More affordable homes"	Popular Initiative	42.9	41.7	4 1/2	18 1/2
Ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation	Non-compulsory referendum	63.1	41.7	18 4/2	2 2/2

Source: FSO/election and vote statistics

Popular vote on 19th May 2019

Results at the Swiss level

Object	Type	Yes in %	Participation in %	Cantons in favour	Cantons against
Tax Reform and AHV Financing	Non-compulsory referendum	66.4	43.7	26	0
EU Weapons Directive	Non-compulsory referendum	63.7	43.9	25	1

Source: FSO/election and vote statistics

Regional results (cantons, districts, communes and well as language regions/type of communes) as well as the results of past popular votes concerning similar topics are also available:

• Tax Reform and AHV Financing (in German)
• EU Weapons Directive (in German)

Popular vote on 10th February 2019

Results at the Swiss level

Object	Type	Yes in %	Participation in %	Cantons in favour	Cantons against
Urban sprawl initiative	Popular initiative	36.3	37.9	0	20 6/2

Source: FSO/election and vote statistics

Regional results (cantons, districts, communes and well as language regions/type of communes) as well as the results of past popular votes concerning similar topics are also available:

• Urban sprawl initiative (in German)

Popular vote on 25th November 2018

Results at the Swiss level

Object	Type	Yes in %	Participation in%	Cantons in favour	Cantons against
Horned Cow Initiative	Popular initiative	45.3	48.3	4 2/2	16 4/2
Self-determination Initiative	Popular initiative	33.7	48.4	0	20 6/2
Statutory basis for monitoring claimants	Non-compulsory referendum	64.7	48.4	24	2

Source: FSO/election and vote statistics

Regional results (cantons, districts, communes and well as language regions/type of communes) as well as the results of past popular votes concerning similar topics are also available:

• Horned Cow Initiative (in German)
• Self-determination (in German)
• Statutory basis for monitoring claimants (in German)

Popular vote on 23rd September 2018

Results at the Swiss level

Object	Type	Yes in %	Participation in %	Cantons in favour	Cantons against
Federal decree on cycle paths and footpaths	Compulsory referendum	73.6	37.4	20 6/2	0
Initiative "For food sovereignty"	Popular initiative	38.7	37.5	4	16 6/2
Fair Food Initiative	Popular initiative	31.6	37.4	4	16 6/2

Source: FSO/election and vote statistics

Regional results (cantons, districts, communes and well as language regions/type of communes) as well as the results of past popular votes concerning similar topics are also available:

• Federal decree on cycle paths and footpaths (in German)
  
• Fair Food Initiative (in German)
  
• Initiative "For food sovereignty" (in German)
  

Popular vote on 10th June 2018

Results at the Swiss level

Object	Type	Yes in %	Participation in %	Cantons in favour	Cantons against
Sovereign Money Initiative	Popular initiative	24.3	34.5	0	20 6/2
Federal Act on Gambling (Gambling Act)	Non-compulsory referendum	72.9	34.4	26	0

Source: FSO/election and vote statistics

Regional results (cantons, districts, communes and well as language regions/type of communes) as well as the results of past popular votes concerning similar topics are also available:

• Sovereign Money Initiative (in German)
  
• Federal Act on Gambling (Gambling Act) (in German)

Popular vote on 4th March 2018

Results at the Swiss level

Object	Type	Yes in %	Participation in %	Cantons in favour	Cantons against
2021 New Financial Regime	Compulsory referendum	84.1	53.9	20 6/2	0
Popular Initiative "Abolition of Billag fees"	Popular initiative	28.4	54.8	0	20 6/2

Source: FSO/election and vote statistics

Regional results (cantons, districts, communes as well as language regions and type of communes) as well as the results of past popular votes concerning similar topics are also available:

• 2021 New Financial Regime (in German)
  
• Popular Initiative "Abolition of Billag fees" (in German)

Results of previous votes

Date	Object	Type	Yes in %	Participation in %	Cantons in favour	Cantons against
24.09.2017	Federal Decree on Food Security	Compulsory referendum	78.7	47.1	20 6/2	0
24.09.2017	Federal Decree on Additional Funding for OASI Pensions	Compulsory referendum	49.95	47.4	9 1/2	11 5/2
24.09.2017	Federal Act on the 2020 Pension Reforms	Non-compulsory referendum	47.3	47.4	8	18
21.05.2017	Energy Act	Non-compulsory referundum	58.2	42.4	22	4

Source: FSO/election and vote statistics