Gesetz über die Mutterschaftsversicherung
Official title: Bundesgesetz über die Mutterschaftsversicherung
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Rejected
39% yes
- Turnout 46%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 6 of 26 cantons, sorted by yes share.
Choose a canton on the map or in the list to see how its municipalities voted.
- GenevaYes majority, Yes share 74.3%, Turnout 48%
- JuraYes majority, Yes share 70.3%, Turnout 43%
- VaudYes majority, Yes share 64.0%, Turnout 38%
- NeuchâtelYes majority, Yes share 62.8%, Turnout 40%
- TicinoYes majority, Yes share 62.6%, Turnout 33%
- FribourgYes majority, Yes share 54.1%, Turnout 42%
- ValaisNo majority, Yes share 49.0%, Turnout 35%
- Basel-StadtNo majority, Yes share 43.5%, Turnout 55%
- ZurichNo majority, Yes share 37.5%, Turnout 49%
- BernNo majority, Yes share 36.2%, Turnout 47%
- Basel-LandschaftNo majority, Yes share 34.5%, Turnout 49%
- ZugNo majority, Yes share 31.2%, Turnout 54%
- SchaffhausenNo majority, Yes share 30.4%, Turnout 67%
- GraubündenNo majority, Yes share 30.2%, Turnout 38%
- SolothurnNo majority, Yes share 28.4%, Turnout 51%
- LucerneNo majority, Yes share 28.1%, Turnout 51%
- AargauNo majority, Yes share 26.2%, Turnout 44%
- ObwaldenNo majority, Yes share 24.7%, Turnout 56%
- St. GallenNo majority, Yes share 23.7%, Turnout 49%
- ThurgauNo majority, Yes share 23.1%, Turnout 47%
- Appenzell AusserrhodenNo majority, Yes share 22.7%, Turnout 57%
- NidwaldenNo majority, Yes share 22.3%, Turnout 52%
- UriNo majority, Yes share 22.1%, Turnout 47%
- GlarusNo majority, Yes share 20.5%, Turnout 46%
- SchwyzNo majority, Yes share 20.3%, Turnout 47%
- Appenzell InnerrhodenNo majority, Yes share 14.1%, Turnout 49%
✓ 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-speaking31.8% yes
- French-speaking62.9% yes
- Ticino62.6% 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
- Topics
- Social policy
Party recommendations
Recommend Yes
SP Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
GPS Green Party of Switzerland
EVP Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
CVP Christian Democratic People's Party (until 2020)
Recommend No
SVP Swiss People's Party
FDP FDP.The Liberals
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
- Initiative «für die 10. AHV-Revision ohne Erhöhung des Rentenalters»
27 September 1998 · ✗ Rejected · 25 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative «für einen wirksamen Schutz der Mutterschaft»
2 December 1984 · ✗ Rejected · 20 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative «für eine gesunde Krankenversicherung»
4 December 1994 · ✗ Rejected · 20 of 26 cantons the same
- Neues Ehe- und Erbrecht
22 September 1985 · ✓ Accepted · 19 of 26 cantons the same
Official resources
Vote data: Swissvotes – Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern (CC BY 4.0), and the Federal Statistical Office.