Initiative «Recht auf Leben»
Official title: Volksinitiative «Recht auf Leben»
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Rejected
31% yes
- Cantons: 6 for, 18 against
- Turnout 35.7%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 7 of 26 cantons, sorted by yes share.
- ValaisYes majority, Yes share 70.1%, Turnout 30%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½Yes majority, Yes share 65.3%, Turnout 33%
- Obwalden ½Yes majority, Yes share 61.5%, Turnout 40%
- JuraYes majority, Yes share 55.8%, Turnout 27%
- UriYes majority, Yes share 54.6%, Turnout 39%
- Nidwalden ½Yes majority, Yes share 52.9%, Turnout 37%
- SchwyzYes majority, Yes share 50.9%, Turnout 35%
- LucerneNo majority, Yes share 49.6%, Turnout 39%
- FribourgNo majority, Yes share 49.3%, Turnout 29%
- St. GallenNo majority, Yes share 48.6%, Turnout 35%
- GraubündenNo majority, Yes share 45.7%, Turnout 31%
- TicinoNo majority, Yes share 39.8%, Turnout 29%
- ZugNo majority, Yes share 37.0%, Turnout 42%
- ThurgauNo majority, Yes share 35.1%, Turnout 38%
- SolothurnNo majority, Yes share 32.8%, Turnout 66%
- AargauNo majority, Yes share 32.0%, Turnout 30%
- GlarusNo majority, Yes share 30.2%, Turnout 35%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 27.6%, Turnout 38%
- BernNo majority, Yes share 24.7%, Turnout 32%
- SchaffhausenNo majority, Yes share 21.9%, Turnout 67%
- ZurichNo majority, Yes share 20.9%, Turnout 46%
- Basel-Landschaft ½No majority, Yes share 19.5%, Turnout 35%
- Basel-Stadt ½No majority, Yes share 18.2%, Turnout 36%
- VaudNo majority, Yes share 17.0%, Turnout 25%
- GenevaNo majority, Yes share 16.8%, Turnout 24%
- NeuchâtelNo majority, Yes share 16.4%, Turnout 27%
✓ 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-speaking30.2% yes
- French-speaking33.0% yes
- Ticino39.8% 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
EVP Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
CVP Christian Democratic People's Party (until 2020)
Recommend No
SVP Swiss People's Party
SP Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
FDP FDP.The Liberals
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
- Customs revenue initiative
4 November 1894 · ✗ Rejected · 21 of 25 cantons the same
- Reintroduction of the death penalty
18 May 1879 · ✓ Accepted · 14 of 25 cantons the same
- Initiative für eine Totalrevision der Bundesverfassung
8 September 1935 · ✗ Rejected · 21 of 25 cantons the same
- Initiative für die Volkswahl des Bundesrates
4 November 1900 · ✗ Rejected · 20 of 25 cantons the same
Sources
Official resources
Vote data: Swissvotes – Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern (CC BY 4.0), and the Federal Statistical Office.