Agriculture: party recommendations
How often each party recommended Yes on votes about this topic, by decade. Only Yes and No recommendations count; free votes and missing recommendations do not.
60 votes since 1885. Farming, food, animal welfare
Share of Yes recommendations by decade
Above 50 % means the party recommended Yes more often than No. A vote can belong to more than one topic.
Ordered by seats in the National Council (2023 election). A decade appears from 3 recommendations.
Numbers as a table
| Party | Proposals | Yes recommendations |
|---|---|---|
| Swiss People's Party | 51 | 67 % |
| Social Democratic Party of Switzerland | 49 | 63 % |
| The Centre | 4 | 0 % |
| FDP.The Liberals | 55 | 67 % |
| Green Party of Switzerland | 26 | 73 % |
| Green Liberal Party of Switzerland | 8 | 63 % |
| Federal Democratic Union | 26 | 46 % |
| Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland | 39 | 72 % |
The latest votes on this topic
✓ Yes · ✗ No · – Free vote or no recommendation
- «Food Initiative»
27 September 2026 · ✗ Rejected
SVP NoSP NoMitte NoFDP NoGPS Free voteGLP NoEDU NoEVP NoMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Initiative against factory farming
25 September 2022 · ✗ Rejected
SVP NoSP YesMitte NoFDP NoGPS YesGLP YesEDU NoEVP Free voteMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Initiative «For clean drinking water and healthy food»
13 June 2021 · ✗ Rejected
SVP NoSP YesMitte NoFDP NoGPS YesGLP YesEDU NoEVP YesMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Initiative «For a Switzerland without artificial pesticides»
13 June 2021 · ✗ Rejected
SVP NoSP YesMitte NoFDP NoGPS YesGLP Free voteEDU NoEVP YesMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Hunting Act
27 September 2020 · ✗ Rejected
SVP YesSP NoMitte No recommendationFDP YesGPS NoGLP NoEDU YesEVP NoMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Initiative «For the dignity of farm animals (horned cows initiative)»
25 November 2018 · ✗ Rejected
SVP NoSP YesMitte No recommendationFDP NoGPS YesGLP YesEDU NoEVP YesMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Initiative «For food sovereignty»
23 September 2018 · ✗ Rejected
SVP NoSP YesMitte No recommendationFDP NoGPS YesGLP NoEDU NoEVP NoMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- «Fair Food Initiative»
23 September 2018 · ✗ Rejected
SVP NoSP YesMitte No recommendationFDP NoGPS YesGLP Free voteEDU NoEVP YesMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Decree on Food Security
24 September 2017 · ✓ Accepted
SVP YesSP YesMitte No recommendationFDP YesGPS YesGLP YesEDU NoEVP YesMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Epizootics Act
25 November 2012 · ✓ Accepted
SVP NoSP YesMitte No recommendationFDP YesGPS YesGLP YesEDU NoEVP YesMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Initiative «für Lebensmittel aus gentechnikfreier Landwirtschaft»
27 November 2005 · ✓ Accepted
SVP NoSP YesMitte No recommendationFDP NoGPS YesGLP No recommendationEDU YesEVP YesMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Raumplanungsgesetz
7 February 1999 · ✓ Accepted
SVP YesSP NoMitte No recommendationFDP YesGPS NoGLP No recommendationEDU YesEVP NoMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Getreideartikel
29 November 1998 · ✓ Accepted
SVP YesSP YesMitte No recommendationFDP YesGPS YesGLP No recommendationEDU YesEVP YesMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Kleinbauern-Initiative
27 September 1998 · ✗ Rejected
SVP NoSP Free voteMitte No recommendationFDP NoGPS YesGLP No recommendationEDU NoEVP NoMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Verfassungsartikel zur Landwirtschaft
9 June 1996 · ✓ Accepted
SVP YesSP YesMitte No recommendationFDP YesGPS YesGLP No recommendationEDU YesEVP YesMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Aufhebung der Pflicht zur Übernahme von Brennapparaten und Branntwein
10 March 1996 · ✓ Accepted
SVP YesSP YesMitte No recommendationFDP YesGPS YesGLP No recommendationEDU YesEVP YesMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Milchwirtschaftsbeschluss
12 March 1995 · ✗ Rejected
SVP YesSP NoMitte No recommendationFDP YesGPS NoGLP No recommendationEDU YesEVP NoMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Landwirtschaftsgesetz
12 March 1995 · ✗ Rejected
SVP YesSP NoMitte No recommendationFDP YesGPS NoGLP No recommendationEDU YesEVP NoMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Landwirtschaftsartikel
12 March 1995 · ✗ Rejected
SVP YesSP NoMitte No recommendationFDP YesGPS NoGLP No recommendationEDU YesEVP YesMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Aufhebung der Brotgetreideverbilligung
25 September 1994 · ✓ Accepted
SVP YesSP YesMitte No recommendationFDP YesGPS YesGLP No recommendationEDU YesEVP YesMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Initiative «zur Abschaffung der Tierversuche»
7 March 1993 · ✗ Rejected
SVP NoSP NoMitte No recommendationFDP NoGPS YesGLP No recommendationEDU NoEVP NoMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Gesetz über das bäuerliche Bodenrecht
27 September 1992 · ✓ Accepted
SVP YesSP YesMitte No recommendationFDP NoGPS YesGLP No recommendationEDU NoEVP YesMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Initiative «Weg vom Tierversuch!»
16 February 1992 · ✗ Rejected
SVP NoSP YesMitte No recommendationFDP NoGPS YesGLP No recommendationEDU NoEVP YesMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Rebbaubeschluss
1 April 1990 · ✗ Rejected
SVP YesSP Free voteMitte No recommendationFDP YesGPS NoGLP No recommendationEDU YesEVP NoMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
- Kleinbauern-Initiative
4 June 1989 · ✗ Rejected
SVP NoSP YesMitte No recommendationFDP NoGPS YesGLP No recommendationEDU No recommendationEVP YesMCG No recommendationLega No recommendationAL No recommendationLDP No recommendation
Source: Swissvotes (Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern) and FSO; own analysis.