Initiative «Stopp dem Atomkraftwerkbau (Moratorium)»
Official title: Volksinitiative «Stopp dem Atomkraftwerkbau (Moratorium)»
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Accepted
54.5% yes
- Cantons: 20 for, 4 against
- Turnout 40.4%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 22 of 26 cantons, sorted by yes share.
Choose a canton on the map or in the list to see how its municipalities voted.
- Basel-Stadt ½Yes majority, Yes share 71.0%, Turnout 44%
- GenevaYes majority, Yes share 69.2%, Turnout 36%
- JuraYes majority, Yes share 65.4%, Turnout 32%
- Basel-Landschaft ½Yes majority, Yes share 63.7%, Turnout 48%
- TicinoYes majority, Yes share 58.4%, Turnout 39%
- NeuchâtelYes majority, Yes share 58.0%, Turnout 42%
- UriYes majority, Yes share 57.5%, Turnout 39%
- LucerneYes majority, Yes share 56.8%, Turnout 41%
- BernYes majority, Yes share 56.7%, Turnout 39%
- GraubündenYes majority, Yes share 56.2%, Turnout 37%
- GlarusYes majority, Yes share 55.9%, Turnout 40%
- Obwalden ½Yes majority, Yes share 55.6%, Turnout 39%
- SchaffhausenYes majority, Yes share 54.8%, Turnout 69%
- VaudYes majority, Yes share 54.4%, Turnout 30%
- FribourgYes majority, Yes share 53.7%, Turnout 36%
- Nidwalden ½Yes majority, Yes share 53.1%, Turnout 45%
- St. GallenYes majority, Yes share 52.9%, Turnout 41%
- ZugYes majority, Yes share 52.8%, Turnout 50%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½Yes majority, Yes share 52.7%, Turnout 47%
- ZurichYes majority, Yes share 52.7%, Turnout 45%
- SolothurnYes majority, Yes share 52.5%, Turnout 54%
- SchwyzYes majority, Yes share 50.2%, Turnout 36%
- ThurgauNo majority, Yes share 46.2%, Turnout 44%
- ValaisNo majority, Yes share 44.1%, Turnout 29%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 43.2%, Turnout 39%
- AargauNo majority, Yes share 39.2%, Turnout 39%
✓ 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-speaking53.8% yes
- French-speaking56.9% yes
- Ticino58.4% 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
- Initiative «für eine umweltgerechte Energieversorgung»
23 September 1984 · ✗ Rejected · 11 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative «für eine Zukunft ohne weitere Atomkraftwerke»
23 September 1984 · ✗ Rejected · 11 of 26 cantons the same
- Atominitiative
18 February 1979 · ✗ Rejected · 14 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative «zum Schutz der Moore - Rothenthurm-Initiative»
6 December 1987 · ✓ Accepted · 23 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.