Initiative «für ein Absinthverbot»
Official title: Volksinitiative «für ein Absinthverbot»
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Accepted
63.5% yes
- Cantons: 20 for, 2 against
- Turnout 49.3%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 23 of 25 cantons, sorted by yes share.
- GraubündenYes majority, Yes share 83.3%, Turnout 50%
- Nidwalden ½Yes majority, Yes share 82.5%, Turnout 36%
- SchaffhausenYes majority, Yes share 77.3%, Turnout 69%
- ZurichYes majority, Yes share 75.9%, Turnout 60%
- LucerneYes majority, Yes share 74.5%, Turnout 22%
- St. GallenYes majority, Yes share 74.4%, Turnout 68%
- SchwyzYes majority, Yes share 73.4%, Turnout 24%
- GlarusYes majority, Yes share 72.5%, Turnout 46%
- UriYes majority, Yes share 70.6%, Turnout 38%
- TicinoYes majority, Yes share 68.4%, Turnout 19%
- ThurgauYes majority, Yes share 65.5%, Turnout 81%
- Obwalden ½Yes majority, Yes share 65.4%, Turnout 36%
- Basel-Stadt ½Yes majority, Yes share 65.1%, Turnout 34%
- AargauYes majority, Yes share 63.0%, Turnout 79%
- ZugYes majority, Yes share 61.9%, Turnout 24%
- ValaisYes majority, Yes share 61.8%, Turnout 38%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½Yes majority, Yes share 60.6%, Turnout 71%
- FribourgYes majority, Yes share 59.5%, Turnout 38%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½Yes majority, Yes share 57.6%, Turnout 64%
- VaudYes majority, Yes share 56.1%, Turnout 48%
- BernYes majority, Yes share 55.3%, Turnout 32%
- Basel-Landschaft ½Yes majority, Yes share 55.2%, Turnout 35%
- SolothurnYes majority, Yes share 52.7%, Turnout 72%
- GenevaNo majority, Yes share 40.8%, Turnout 55%
- NeuchâtelNo majority, Yes share 35.3%, Turnout 60%
✓ 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-speaking67.4% yes
- French-speaking50.5% yes
- Ticino68.4% 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
- No
- Topics
- Social policy
Party recommendations
Recommend Yes
SP Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
CVP Christian Democratic People's Party (until 2020)
Recommend No
FDP FDP.The Liberals
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
- Gesetz zur Kranken-, Unfall- und Militärversicherung
20 May 1900 · ✗ Rejected · 3 of 25 cantons the same
- Bundesgesetz betreffend gebrannte Wasser
15 May 1887 · ✓ Accepted · 21 of 25 cantons the same
- Lebensmittelgesetz
10 June 1906 · ✓ Accepted · 22 of 25 cantons the same
- Factories Act
21 October 1877 · ✓ Accepted · 16 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.