Initiative für eine Schwerverkehrsabgabe
Official title: Volksinitiative «für eine gerechte Besteuerung des Schwerverkehrs (Schwerverkehrsabgabe)»
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Rejected
33.9% yes
- Cantons: 0 for, 23 against
- Turnout 34.7%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 0 of 26 cantons, sorted by yes share.
- Basel-Stadt ½No majority, Yes share 47.8%, Turnout 39%
- TicinoNo majority, Yes share 45.7%, Turnout 28%
- ZurichNo majority, Yes share 43.1%, Turnout 38%
- UriNo majority, Yes share 43.0%, Turnout 44%
- GenevaNo majority, Yes share 38.7%, Turnout 33%
- GlarusNo majority, Yes share 34.7%, Turnout 34%
- Basel-Landschaft ½No majority, Yes share 34.6%, Turnout 33%
- BernNo majority, Yes share 33.8%, Turnout 33%
- SchaffhausenNo majority, Yes share 33.1%, Turnout 69%
- SolothurnNo majority, Yes share 33.0%, Turnout 40%
- St. GallenNo majority, Yes share 31.7%, Turnout 33%
- LucerneNo majority, Yes share 31.1%, Turnout 37%
- ZugNo majority, Yes share 30.8%, Turnout 42%
- GraubündenNo majority, Yes share 30.7%, Turnout 29%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 29.4%, Turnout 39%
- NeuchâtelNo majority, Yes share 29.0%, Turnout 34%
- ThurgauNo majority, Yes share 28.9%, Turnout 38%
- VaudNo majority, Yes share 27.7%, Turnout 30%
- AargauNo majority, Yes share 27.5%, Turnout 30%
- Nidwalden ½No majority, Yes share 25.3%, Turnout 36%
- FribourgNo majority, Yes share 22.9%, Turnout 44%
- SchwyzNo majority, Yes share 22.4%, Turnout 42%
- Obwalden ½No majority, Yes share 21.0%, Turnout 31%
- JuraNo majority, Yes share 20.1%, Turnout 26%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 19.9%, Turnout 34%
- ValaisNo majority, Yes share 15.5%, Turnout 26%
✓ 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-speaking35.2% yes
- French-speaking27.3% yes
- Ticino45.7% 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
SP Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
GPS Green Party of Switzerland
EVP Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
Recommend No
SVP Swiss People's Party
FDP FDP.The Liberals
EDU Federal Democratic Union
CVP Christian Democratic People's Party (until 2020)
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
- Dienstverhältnis und Versicherung des Bundespersonals
3 December 1939 · ✗ Rejected · 21 of 25 cantons the same
- Gesetz über die Bundesbahnen
21 January 1945 · ✓ Accepted · 11 of 25 cantons the same
- Verfassungsartikel über den Schutz der Gewässer
6 December 1953 · ✓ Accepted · 0 of 25 cantons the same
- Einführung einer Schwerverkehrsabgabe
26 February 1984 · ✓ Accepted · 8 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.