Initiative «Gleiche Rechte für Behinderte»
Official title: Volksinitiative «Gleiche Rechte für Behinderte»
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Rejected
37.7% yes
- Cantons: 3 for, 20 against
- Turnout 49.7%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 3 of 26 cantons, sorted by yes share.
Choose a canton on the map or in the list to see how its municipalities voted.
- GenevaYes majority, Yes share 59.0%, Turnout 51%
- JuraYes majority, Yes share 54.9%, Turnout 45%
- TicinoYes majority, Yes share 54.0%, Turnout 38%
- FribourgNo majority, Yes share 46.0%, Turnout 48%
- NeuchâtelNo majority, Yes share 44.8%, Turnout 56%
- VaudNo majority, Yes share 43.7%, Turnout 51%
- ValaisNo majority, Yes share 42.8%, Turnout 40%
- Basel-Stadt ½No majority, Yes share 42.2%, Turnout 53%
- GraubündenNo majority, Yes share 40.0%, Turnout 42%
- SchaffhausenNo majority, Yes share 38.0%, Turnout 69%
- ZurichNo majority, Yes share 37.8%, Turnout 52%
- BernNo majority, Yes share 36.7%, Turnout 49%
- Basel-Landschaft ½No majority, Yes share 34.2%, Turnout 51%
- SolothurnNo majority, Yes share 33.2%, Turnout 55%
- GlarusNo majority, Yes share 33.1%, Turnout 48%
- UriNo majority, Yes share 31.2%, Turnout 48%
- AargauNo majority, Yes share 30.8%, Turnout 47%
- LucerneNo majority, Yes share 29.2%, Turnout 54%
- SchwyzNo majority, Yes share 28.6%, Turnout 55%
- ZugNo majority, Yes share 28.3%, Turnout 58%
- St. GallenNo majority, Yes share 28.1%, Turnout 48%
- ThurgauNo majority, Yes share 27.2%, Turnout 48%
- Obwalden ½No majority, Yes share 26.6%, Turnout 53%
- Nidwalden ½No majority, Yes share 25.9%, Turnout 55%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 24.8%, Turnout 53%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 20.1%, Turnout 43%
✓ 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-speaking34.0% yes
- French-speaking47.6% yes
- Ticino54.0% 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
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27 September 1998 · ✗ Rejected · 24 of 26 cantons the same
- Gesetz über die Mutterschaftsversicherung
13 June 1999 · ✗ Rejected · 23 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative «für ein flexibles Rentenalter ab 62 für Frau und Mann»
26 November 2000 · ✗ Rejected · 22 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.