Marriage for all
Official title: Änderung des Schweizerischen Zivilgesetzbuches (Ehe für alle)
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Accepted
64.1% yes
- Turnout 52.6%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 26 of 26 cantons, sorted by yes share.
Choose a canton on the map or in the list to see how its municipalities voted.
- Basel-StadtYes majority, Yes share 74.0%, Turnout 59%
- ZurichYes majority, Yes share 69.1%, Turnout 55%
- Basel-LandschaftYes majority, Yes share 67.2%, Turnout 53%
- LucerneYes majority, Yes share 66.2%, Turnout 55%
- SolothurnYes majority, Yes share 66.2%, Turnout 52%
- ZugYes majority, Yes share 66.1%, Turnout 61%
- BernYes majority, Yes share 65.2%, Turnout 52%
- GenevaYes majority, Yes share 65.1%, Turnout 51%
- VaudYes majority, Yes share 65.0%, Turnout 53%
- AargauYes majority, Yes share 64.0%, Turnout 53%
- NeuchâtelYes majority, Yes share 63.4%, Turnout 46%
- GraubündenYes majority, Yes share 62.8%, Turnout 48%
- FribourgYes majority, Yes share 62.3%, Turnout 51%
- SchaffhausenYes majority, Yes share 61.8%, Turnout 71%
- NidwaldenYes majority, Yes share 61.6%, Turnout 57%
- JuraYes majority, Yes share 61.1%, Turnout 44%
- GlarusYes majority, Yes share 61.1%, Turnout 42%
- St. GallenYes majority, Yes share 59.3%, Turnout 51%
- ObwaldenYes majority, Yes share 59.3%, Turnout 56%
- UriYes majority, Yes share 58.2%, Turnout 49%
- Appenzell AusserrhodenYes majority, Yes share 57.2%, Turnout 54%
- ThurgauYes majority, Yes share 57.2%, Turnout 52%
- SchwyzYes majority, Yes share 56.5%, Turnout 54%
- ValaisYes majority, Yes share 55.5%, Turnout 52%
- TicinoYes majority, Yes share 52.9%, Turnout 48%
- Appenzell InnerrhodenYes majority, Yes share 50.8%, Turnout 48%
✓ Yes majority · ✗ No majority · Turnout %
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-speaking65.1% yes
- French-speaking62.8% yes
- Ticino52.9% 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
- Optional referendum
- Needed to pass
- A majority of voters
- Federal Council recommends
- Yes
Party recommendations
Recommend Yes
SP Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
Mitte The Centre
FDP FDP.The Liberals
GPS Green Party of Switzerland
GLP Green Liberal Party of Switzerland
Recommend No
SVP Swiss People's Party
EDU Federal Democratic Union
EVP Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
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
- Gesetz über die eingetragene Partnerschaft gleichgeschlechtlicher Paare
5 June 2005 · ✓ Accepted · 19 of 26 cantons the same
- Fristenregelung (Schwangerschaftsabbruch)
2 June 2002 · ✓ Accepted · 24 of 26 cantons the same
- Asylum Act
5 June 2016 · ✓ Accepted · 26 of 26 cantons the same
- Zuständigkeit im Bereich der persönlichen militärischen Ausrüstung
10 March 1996 · ✗ Rejected · 4 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.