Gold initiative
Official title: Volksinitiative «Rettet unser Schweizer Gold (Gold-Initiative)»
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Rejected
22.7% yes
- Cantons: 0 for, 23 against
- Turnout 49.8%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 0 of 26 cantons, sorted by yes share.
Choose a canton on the map or in the list to see how its municipalities voted.
- TicinoNo majority, Yes share 33.3%, Turnout 45%
- SchwyzNo majority, Yes share 29.3%, Turnout 52%
- SchaffhausenNo majority, Yes share 28.5%, Turnout 67%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 28.5%, Turnout 51%
- Obwalden ½No majority, Yes share 27.8%, Turnout 49%
- St. GallenNo majority, Yes share 27.4%, Turnout 49%
- ThurgauNo majority, Yes share 27.2%, Turnout 47%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 26.0%, Turnout 45%
- UriNo majority, Yes share 25.9%, Turnout 41%
- LucerneNo majority, Yes share 24.7%, Turnout 50%
- Nidwalden ½No majority, Yes share 24.6%, Turnout 51%
- GlarusNo majority, Yes share 24.6%, Turnout 41%
- AargauNo majority, Yes share 24.0%, Turnout 49%
- SolothurnNo majority, Yes share 23.6%, Turnout 47%
- GenevaNo majority, Yes share 23.5%, Turnout 51%
- Basel-Landschaft ½No majority, Yes share 21.7%, Turnout 50%
- BernNo majority, Yes share 21.6%, Turnout 48%
- Basel-Stadt ½No majority, Yes share 21.4%, Turnout 54%
- ValaisNo majority, Yes share 21.2%, Turnout 53%
- FribourgNo majority, Yes share 21.1%, Turnout 48%
- ZurichNo majority, Yes share 20.6%, Turnout 53%
- GraubündenNo majority, Yes share 20.4%, Turnout 46%
- ZugNo majority, Yes share 20.3%, Turnout 56%
- NeuchâtelNo majority, Yes share 20.0%, Turnout 44%
- JuraNo majority, Yes share 19.4%, Turnout 40%
- VaudNo majority, Yes share 17.0%, Turnout 52%
✓ 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-speaking23.1% yes
- French-speaking20.0% yes
- Ticino33.3% 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
Recommend No
SVP Swiss People's Party
SP Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
FDP FDP.The Liberals
GPS Green Party of Switzerland
GLP Green Liberal Party of Switzerland
EVP Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
BDP Conservative Democratic Party (2008–2020)
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
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17 June 2012 · ✗ Rejected · 26 of 26 cantons the same
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9 June 2013 · ✗ Rejected · 26 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative “Popular sovereignty instead of government propaganda”
1 June 2008 · ✗ Rejected · 26 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative «For the expulsion of criminal foreigners (Expulsion Initiative)»
28 November 2010 · ✓ Accepted · 6 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.