COVID-19 Act
Official title: Bundesgesetz über die gesetzlichen Grundlagen für Verordnungen des Bundesrates zur Bewältigung der Covid-19-Epidemie (Covid-19-Gesetz)
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Accepted
60.2% yes
- Turnout 59.7%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 18 of 26 cantons, sorted by yes share.
Choose a canton on the map or in the list to see how its municipalities voted.
- VaudYes majority, Yes share 70.2%, Turnout 58%
- GenevaYes majority, Yes share 69.3%, Turnout 51%
- TicinoYes majority, Yes share 69.2%, Turnout 49%
- Basel-StadtYes majority, Yes share 69.1%, Turnout 58%
- NeuchâtelYes majority, Yes share 66.6%, Turnout 54%
- ZurichYes majority, Yes share 64.4%, Turnout 59%
- BernYes majority, Yes share 60.1%, Turnout 62%
- FribourgYes majority, Yes share 59.9%, Turnout 62%
- JuraYes majority, Yes share 59.4%, Turnout 59%
- SolothurnYes majority, Yes share 59.1%, Turnout 59%
- Basel-LandschaftYes majority, Yes share 58.7%, Turnout 59%
- AargauYes majority, Yes share 58.0%, Turnout 59%
- ZugYes majority, Yes share 57.7%, Turnout 67%
- SchaffhausenYes majority, Yes share 57.6%, Turnout 73%
- GraubündenYes majority, Yes share 57.6%, Turnout 60%
- LucerneYes majority, Yes share 57.4%, Turnout 65%
- ValaisYes majority, Yes share 56.9%, Turnout 59%
- St. GallenYes majority, Yes share 51.0%, Turnout 60%
- ThurgauNo majority, Yes share 49.9%, Turnout 61%
- GlarusNo majority, Yes share 49.1%, Turnout 59%
- NidwaldenNo majority, Yes share 48.6%, Turnout 68%
- Appenzell AusserrhodenNo majority, Yes share 47.0%, Turnout 66%
- UriNo majority, Yes share 45.1%, Turnout 64%
- ObwaldenNo majority, Yes share 43.3%, Turnout 71%
- SchwyzNo majority, Yes share 40.9%, Turnout 68%
- Appenzell InnerrhodenNo majority, Yes share 39.2%, Turnout 65%
✓ Yes majority · ✗ No majority · Turnout %
Sources: Federal Statistical Office (FSO); older votes: Swissvotes, Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern; map base: FSO, GEOSTAT
By language region
Yes share of the cantons, added up by their majority language.
- German-speaking58.3% yes
- French-speaking65.2% yes
- Ticino69.2% yes
Cantons by their majority language: Fribourg and Valais count as French-speaking, Bern and Graubünden as German-speaking.
At a glance
- Type of proposal
- Optional referendum
- Needed to pass
- A majority of voters
- Federal Council recommends
- Yes
Party recommendations
Recommend Yes
SP Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
Mitte The Centre
FDP FDP.The Liberals
GPS Green Party of Switzerland
GLP Green Liberal Party of Switzerland
EVP Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
Recommend No
EDU Federal Democratic Union
Other position
SVP Swiss People's Party
Free vote
Ordered by seats in the National Council (2023 election).
Similar votes
Earlier proposals where the cantons voted most alike. Each box is a canton, in the same order as for this proposal.
✓ Yes majority✗ No majority
This proposal
- Federal decree on the promotion of musical training for young people
23 September 2012 · ✓ Accepted · 18 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative «Recht auf Wohnung und Ausbau des Familienschutzes»
27 September 1970 · ✗ Rejected · 17 of 25 cantons the same
- Kulturinitiative
28 September 1986 · ✗ Rejected · 8 of 26 cantons the same
- Einführung des Frauenstimmrechts
1 February 1959 · ✗ Rejected · 11 of 25 cantons the same
Official resources
- Bundesgesetz über die gesetzlichen Grundlagen für Verordnungen des Bundesrates zur Bewältigung der Covid-19-Epidemie (Covid-19-Gesetz)
- VoteInfo (federal)
- smartvote
Vote data: Swissvotes – Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern (CC BY 4.0), and the Federal Statistical Office.