Initiative «Für Mutter und Kind»
Official title: Volksinitiative «für Mutter und Kind - für den Schutz des ungeborenen Kindes und für die Hilfe an seine Mutter in Not»
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Rejected
18.3% yes
- Cantons: 0 for, 23 against
- Turnout 41.7%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 0 of 26 cantons, sorted by yes share.
Choose a canton on the map or in the list to see how its municipalities voted.
- ValaisNo majority, Yes share 32.2%, Turnout 32%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 30.0%, Turnout 37%
- UriNo majority, Yes share 29.9%, Turnout 36%
- Obwalden ½No majority, Yes share 26.0%, Turnout 43%
- SchwyzNo majority, Yes share 25.2%, Turnout 47%
- ThurgauNo majority, Yes share 24.4%, Turnout 40%
- St. GallenNo majority, Yes share 23.8%, Turnout 40%
- TicinoNo majority, Yes share 23.6%, Turnout 26%
- LucerneNo majority, Yes share 23.5%, Turnout 49%
- SchaffhausenNo majority, Yes share 22.7%, Turnout 63%
- GraubündenNo majority, Yes share 22.7%, Turnout 35%
- Nidwalden ½No majority, Yes share 20.7%, Turnout 46%
- JuraNo majority, Yes share 20.7%, Turnout 31%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 19.8%, Turnout 45%
- BernNo majority, Yes share 19.1%, Turnout 38%
- FribourgNo majority, Yes share 18.7%, Turnout 34%
- AargauNo majority, Yes share 18.2%, Turnout 36%
- GlarusNo majority, Yes share 17.9%, Turnout 45%
- SolothurnNo majority, Yes share 17.5%, Turnout 47%
- ZugNo majority, Yes share 16.4%, Turnout 50%
- Basel-Stadt ½No majority, Yes share 15.0%, Turnout 47%
- ZurichNo majority, Yes share 14.6%, Turnout 44%
- NeuchâtelNo majority, Yes share 13.9%, Turnout 53%
- Basel-Landschaft ½No majority, Yes share 13.5%, Turnout 42%
- VaudNo majority, Yes share 12.8%, Turnout 48%
- GenevaNo majority, Yes share 11.8%, Turnout 52%
✓ 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-speaking18.8% yes
- French-speaking16.0% yes
- Ticino23.6% 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
- Popular initiative
- Needed to pass
- A majority of voters and of the cantons
- Federal Council recommends
- No
Party recommendations
Recommend Yes
EDU Federal Democratic Union
Recommend No
SVP Swiss People's Party
SP Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
FDP FDP.The Liberals
GPS Green Party of Switzerland
CVP Christian Democratic People's Party (until 2020)
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
This proposal
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9 June 1985 · ✗ Rejected · 19 of 26 cantons the same
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18 May 1879 · ✓ Accepted · 8 of 25 cantons the same
- Customs revenue initiative
4 November 1894 · ✗ Rejected · 15 of 25 cantons the same
- Initiative «Jugend ohne Drogen»
28 September 1997 · ✗ Rejected · 26 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.