Initiative «Against mass immigration»
Official title: Volksinitiative «Gegen Masseneinwanderung»
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Accepted
50.3% yes
- Cantons: 14.5 for, 8.5 against
- Turnout 56.6%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 17 of 26 cantons, sorted by yes share.
Choose a canton on the map or in the list to see how its municipalities voted.
- TicinoYes majority, Yes share 68.2%, Turnout 57%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½Yes majority, Yes share 63.5%, Turnout 52%
- SchwyzYes majority, Yes share 63.1%, Turnout 61%
- GlarusYes majority, Yes share 59.4%, Turnout 51%
- Obwalden ½Yes majority, Yes share 59.1%, Turnout 60%
- Nidwalden ½Yes majority, Yes share 58.8%, Turnout 61%
- UriYes majority, Yes share 58.2%, Turnout 50%
- SchaffhausenYes majority, Yes share 58.1%, Turnout 70%
- ThurgauYes majority, Yes share 57.8%, Turnout 54%
- St. GallenYes majority, Yes share 55.9%, Turnout 56%
- AargauYes majority, Yes share 55.2%, Turnout 55%
- SolothurnYes majority, Yes share 54.6%, Turnout 56%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½Yes majority, Yes share 54.4%, Turnout 58%
- LucerneYes majority, Yes share 53.3%, Turnout 58%
- BernYes majority, Yes share 51.1%, Turnout 55%
- Basel-Landschaft ½Yes majority, Yes share 50.6%, Turnout 55%
- GraubündenYes majority, Yes share 50.6%, Turnout 53%
- ZugNo majority, Yes share 49.9%, Turnout 61%
- FribourgNo majority, Yes share 48.5%, Turnout 56%
- ValaisNo majority, Yes share 48.3%, Turnout 62%
- ZurichNo majority, Yes share 47.3%, Turnout 57%
- JuraNo majority, Yes share 44.1%, Turnout 51%
- NeuchâtelNo majority, Yes share 39.3%, Turnout 55%
- GenevaNo majority, Yes share 39.1%, Turnout 57%
- Basel-Stadt ½No majority, Yes share 39.0%, Turnout 57%
- VaudNo majority, Yes share 38.9%, Turnout 58%
✓ 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-speaking52.0% yes
- French-speaking42.3% yes
- Ticino68.2% 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
FDP FDP.The Liberals
GPS Green Party of Switzerland
GLP Green Liberal Party of Switzerland
EVP Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
BDP Conservative Democratic Party (2008–2020)
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
- Initiative «For the expulsion of criminal foreigners (Expulsion Initiative)»
28 November 2010 · ✓ Accepted · 23 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative «gegen die illegale Einwanderung»
1 December 1996 · ✗ Rejected · 21 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative «for democratic naturalisation decisions»
1 June 2008 · ✗ Rejected · 10 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative «For families»
24 November 2013 · ✗ Rejected · 12 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.