Initiative für den UNO-Beitritt
Official title: Volksinitiative «für den Beitritt der Schweiz zur Organisation der Vereinten Nationen (UNO)»
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Accepted
54.6% yes
- Cantons: 12 for, 11 against
- Turnout 58.4%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 13 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 66.9%, Turnout 60%
- NeuchâtelYes majority, Yes share 65.2%, Turnout 66%
- Basel-Stadt ½Yes majority, Yes share 64.1%, Turnout 63%
- VaudYes majority, Yes share 63.5%, Turnout 46%
- JuraYes majority, Yes share 63.1%, Turnout 54%
- ZurichYes majority, Yes share 59.8%, Turnout 60%
- FribourgYes majority, Yes share 59.2%, Turnout 56%
- Basel-Landschaft ½Yes majority, Yes share 58.8%, Turnout 59%
- BernYes majority, Yes share 56.4%, Turnout 58%
- ZugYes majority, Yes share 55.2%, Turnout 68%
- SolothurnYes majority, Yes share 52.9%, Turnout 61%
- LucerneYes majority, Yes share 51.5%, Turnout 66%
- ValaisYes majority, Yes share 51.5%, Turnout 49%
- AargauNo majority, Yes share 48.9%, Turnout 58%
- St. GallenNo majority, Yes share 46.5%, Turnout 62%
- Nidwalden ½No majority, Yes share 46.5%, Turnout 69%
- GraubündenNo majority, Yes share 45.6%, Turnout 56%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 45.5%, Turnout 66%
- SchaffhausenNo majority, Yes share 45.4%, Turnout 73%
- Obwalden ½No majority, Yes share 45.4%, Turnout 67%
- ThurgauNo majority, Yes share 43.2%, Turnout 59%
- TicinoNo majority, Yes share 41.3%, Turnout 50%
- UriNo majority, Yes share 40.3%, Turnout 59%
- GlarusNo majority, Yes share 39.8%, Turnout 60%
- SchwyzNo majority, Yes share 38.9%, Turnout 69%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 32.5%, Turnout 66%
✓ 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-speaking53.2% yes
- French-speaking61.9% yes
- Ticino41.3% 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
- Popular initiative
- Needed to pass
- A majority of voters and of the cantons
- Federal Council recommends
- Yes
- Topics
- Foreign policy
Party recommendations
Recommend Yes
SP Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
FDP FDP.The Liberals
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
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
- UNO-Blauhelme
12 June 1994 · ✗ Rejected · 17 of 26 cantons the same
- Bilaterale Abkommen mit der EU
21 May 2000 · ✓ Accepted · 15 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative «Ja zu Europa!»
4 March 2001 · ✗ Rejected · 13 of 26 cantons the same
- EWR-Beitritt
6 December 1992 · ✗ Rejected · 21 of 26 cantons the same
Sources
Official resources
Vote data: Swissvotes – Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern (CC BY 4.0), and the Federal Statistical Office.