Initiative for a ban on full facial coverings
Official title: Volksinitiative «Ja zum Verhüllungsverbot»
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Accepted
51.2% yes
- Cantons: 18 for, 5 against
- Turnout 51.4%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 20 of 26 cantons, sorted by yes share.
Choose a canton on the map or in the list to see how its municipalities voted.
- JuraYes majority, Yes share 60.7%, Turnout 44%
- TicinoYes majority, Yes share 60.5%, Turnout 45%
- SchwyzYes majority, Yes share 60.2%, Turnout 54%
- UriYes majority, Yes share 58.8%, Turnout 44%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½Yes majority, Yes share 58.7%, Turnout 46%
- ValaisYes majority, Yes share 58.3%, Turnout 61%
- Obwalden ½Yes majority, Yes share 56.2%, Turnout 54%
- Nidwalden ½Yes majority, Yes share 56.1%, Turnout 56%
- FribourgYes majority, Yes share 55.9%, Turnout 55%
- ThurgauYes majority, Yes share 53.9%, Turnout 48%
- AargauYes majority, Yes share 53.6%, Turnout 49%
- GlarusYes majority, Yes share 53.5%, Turnout 46%
- Basel-Landschaft ½Yes majority, Yes share 53.4%, Turnout 49%
- St. GallenYes majority, Yes share 53.1%, Turnout 48%
- SolothurnYes majority, Yes share 52.6%, Turnout 52%
- SchaffhausenYes majority, Yes share 52.2%, Turnout 69%
- NeuchâtelYes majority, Yes share 52.0%, Turnout 46%
- VaudYes majority, Yes share 50.9%, Turnout 56%
- LucerneYes majority, Yes share 50.5%, Turnout 52%
- ZugYes majority, Yes share 50.4%, Turnout 60%
- GraubündenNo majority, Yes share 49.6%, Turnout 45%
- BernNo majority, Yes share 49.6%, Turnout 49%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 49.1%, Turnout 51%
- GenevaNo majority, Yes share 48.7%, Turnout 53%
- ZurichNo majority, Yes share 45.1%, Turnout 52%
- Basel-Stadt ½No majority, Yes share 40.6%, Turnout 55%
✓ 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-speaking50.0% yes
- French-speaking53.1% yes
- Ticino60.5% 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
Party recommendations
Recommend Yes
SVP Swiss People's Party
EDU Federal Democratic Union
Recommend No
SP Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
Mitte The Centre
FDP FDP.The Liberals
GPS Green Party of Switzerland
GLP Green Liberal Party of Switzerland
Other position
EVP Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
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
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Official resources
Vote data: Swissvotes – Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern (CC BY 4.0), and the Federal Statistical Office.