Counter-proposal to the Expulsion Initiative
Official title: Bundesbeschluss über die Aus- und Wegweisung krimineller Ausländerinnen und Ausländer (direkter Gegenentwurf zur Auschaffungsinitiative)
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Rejected
45.8% yes
- Cantons: 0 for, 23 against
- Turnout 52.9%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 0 of 26 cantons, sorted by yes share.
Choose a canton on the map or in the list to see how its municipalities voted.
- ZugNo majority, Yes share 49.4%, Turnout 58%
- ValaisNo majority, Yes share 48.3%, Turnout 54%
- Basel-Landschaft ½No majority, Yes share 48.2%, Turnout 52%
- Basel-Stadt ½No majority, Yes share 47.9%, Turnout 56%
- FribourgNo majority, Yes share 47.6%, Turnout 47%
- AargauNo majority, Yes share 47.1%, Turnout 53%
- NeuchâtelNo majority, Yes share 46.9%, Turnout 48%
- LucerneNo majority, Yes share 46.9%, Turnout 57%
- ZurichNo majority, Yes share 46.9%, Turnout 56%
- BernNo majority, Yes share 46.3%, Turnout 51%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 46.2%, Turnout 57%
- SchaffhausenNo majority, Yes share 45.9%, Turnout 68%
- JuraNo majority, Yes share 45.7%, Turnout 42%
- TicinoNo majority, Yes share 45.0%, Turnout 46%
- SolothurnNo majority, Yes share 45.0%, Turnout 55%
- GraubündenNo majority, Yes share 44.4%, Turnout 45%
- St. GallenNo majority, Yes share 44.3%, Turnout 54%
- ThurgauNo majority, Yes share 44.3%, Turnout 52%
- GenevaNo majority, Yes share 43.6%, Turnout 54%
- Obwalden ½No majority, Yes share 43.1%, Turnout 58%
- VaudNo majority, Yes share 42.6%, Turnout 52%
- Nidwalden ½No majority, Yes share 41.5%, Turnout 61%
- GlarusNo majority, Yes share 41.4%, Turnout 45%
- UriNo majority, Yes share 39.8%, Turnout 49%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 39.4%, Turnout 51%
- SchwyzNo majority, Yes share 39.1%, Turnout 58%
✓ Yes majority · ✗ No majority · Turnout %
½ half canton: counts half towards the majority of the cantons.
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-speaking46.1% yes
- French-speaking45.0% yes
- Ticino45.0% 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
- Direct counter-proposal
- Needed to pass
- A majority of voters and of the cantons
- Federal Council recommends
- Yes
Party recommendations
Recommend Yes
FDP FDP.The Liberals
GLP Green Liberal Party of Switzerland
EVP Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
BDP Conservative Democratic Party (2008–2020)
CVP Christian Democratic People's Party (until 2020)
Recommend No
SVP Swiss People's Party
SP Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
GPS Green Party of Switzerland
EDU Federal Democratic Union
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
- Abkommen zu Schengen und Dublin
5 June 2005 · ✓ Accepted · 14 of 26 cantons the same
- Massnahmen gegen die Überfremdung
20 May 1928 · ✓ Accepted · 3 of 25 cantons the same
- Gegenentwurf «Gold für AHV, Kantone und Stiftung»
22 September 2002 · ✗ Rejected · 19 of 26 cantons the same
- Einführung des Frauenstimmrechts
7 February 1971 · ✓ Accepted · 8 of 25 cantons the same
Official resources
Vote data: Swissvotes – Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern (CC BY 4.0), and the Federal Statistical Office.