Initiative für einen Ausstieg aus der Atomenergie
Official title: Volksinitiative «für den Ausstieg aus der Atomenergie»
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Rejected
47.1% yes
- Cantons: 7 for, 16 against
- Turnout 40.4%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 8 of 26 cantons, sorted by yes share.
Choose a canton on the map or in the list to see how its municipalities voted.
- GenevaYes majority, Yes share 65.0%, Turnout 36%
- Basel-Stadt ½Yes majority, Yes share 63.4%, Turnout 44%
- JuraYes majority, Yes share 59.6%, Turnout 32%
- NeuchâtelYes majority, Yes share 54.6%, Turnout 42%
- TicinoYes majority, Yes share 54.3%, Turnout 39%
- Basel-Landschaft ½Yes majority, Yes share 53.6%, Turnout 48%
- VaudYes majority, Yes share 50.9%, Turnout 30%
- UriYes majority, Yes share 50.5%, Turnout 39%
- GraubündenNo majority, Yes share 49.9%, Turnout 37%
- BernNo majority, Yes share 48.4%, Turnout 39%
- LucerneNo majority, Yes share 48.2%, Turnout 41%
- Obwalden ½No majority, Yes share 47.6%, Turnout 39%
- FribourgNo majority, Yes share 47.5%, Turnout 36%
- GlarusNo majority, Yes share 47.4%, Turnout 40%
- Nidwalden ½No majority, Yes share 46.6%, Turnout 45%
- ZurichNo majority, Yes share 45.0%, Turnout 45%
- SchaffhausenNo majority, Yes share 44.8%, Turnout 69%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 44.0%, Turnout 47%
- ZugNo majority, Yes share 43.8%, Turnout 50%
- SchwyzNo majority, Yes share 43.1%, Turnout 36%
- St. GallenNo majority, Yes share 43.0%, Turnout 41%
- SolothurnNo majority, Yes share 42.6%, Turnout 54%
- ValaisNo majority, Yes share 39.9%, Turnout 29%
- ThurgauNo majority, Yes share 37.6%, Turnout 44%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 34.2%, Turnout 39%
- AargauNo majority, Yes share 32.3%, 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-speaking45.5% yes
- French-speaking52.6% yes
- Ticino54.3% 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
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
- Atominitiative
18 February 1979 · ✗ Rejected · 24 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative «für eine umweltgerechte Energieversorgung»
23 September 1984 · ✗ Rejected · 25 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative «für eine Zukunft ohne weitere Atomkraftwerke»
23 September 1984 · ✗ Rejected · 25 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative «zum Schutz der Moore - Rothenthurm-Initiative»
6 December 1987 · ✓ Accepted · 11 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.