Reintroduction of the death penalty
Official title: Bundesbeschluss betreffend Abänderung von Artikel 65 der Bundesverfassung (Todesstrafe)
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Accepted
52.5% yes
- Cantons: 15 for, 7 against
- Turnout 60.4%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 17 of 25 cantons, sorted by yes share.
- UriYes majority, Yes share 93.1%, Turnout 83%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½Yes majority, Yes share 84.0%, Turnout 73%
- Obwalden ½Yes majority, Yes share 83.7%, Turnout 43%
- Nidwalden ½Yes majority, Yes share 80.6%, Turnout 60%
- SchwyzYes majority, Yes share 78.8%, Turnout 55%
- ValaisYes majority, Yes share 78.6%, Turnout 49%
- ZugYes majority, Yes share 69.4%, Turnout 49%
- FribourgYes majority, Yes share 68.2%, Turnout 65%
- LucerneYes majority, Yes share 68.0%, Turnout 62%
- St. GallenYes majority, Yes share 63.4%, Turnout 74%
- VaudYes majority, Yes share 62.3%, Turnout 41%
- SchaffhausenYes majority, Yes share 60.1%, Turnout 85%
- AargauYes majority, Yes share 60.1%, Turnout 86%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½Yes majority, Yes share 58.8%, Turnout 84%
- GlarusYes majority, Yes share 57.9%, Turnout 65%
- GraubündenYes majority, Yes share 50.7%, Turnout 65%
- SolothurnYes majority, Yes share 50.0%, Turnout 59%
- ThurgauNo majority, Yes share 47.2%, Turnout 76%
- Basel-Landschaft ½No majority, Yes share 46.5%, Turnout 62%
- BernNo majority, Yes share 44.1%, Turnout 49%
- TicinoNo majority, Yes share 40.7%, Turnout 39%
- Basel-Stadt ½No majority, Yes share 40.4%, Turnout 60%
- ZurichNo majority, Yes share 34.6%, Turnout 76%
- NeuchâtelNo majority, Yes share 15.9%, Turnout 53%
- GenevaNo majority, Yes share 13.5%, Turnout 34%
✓ 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-speaking52.4% yes
- French-speaking55.0% yes
- Ticino40.7% 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
- Mandatory referendum
- Needed to pass
- A majority of voters and of the cantons
- Topics
- State and institutions
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
- Banknotes Act
23 April 1876 · ✗ Rejected · 10 of 25 cantons the same
- Military service exemption tax Act
9 July 1876 · ✗ Rejected · 9 of 25 cantons the same
- Military service exemption tax Act
21 October 1877 · ✗ Rejected · 7 of 25 cantons the same
- Swiss residents' right to vote in cantonal matters
14 January 1866 · ✗ Rejected · 7 of 25 cantons the same
Official resources
Vote data: Swissvotes – Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern (CC BY 4.0), and the Federal Statistical Office.