Initiative «für tiefere Arzneimittelpreise»
Official title: Volksinitiative «für tiefere Arzneimittelpreise»
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Rejected
30.9% yes
- Cantons: 0 for, 23 against
- Turnout 55.7%
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.
- SolothurnNo majority, Yes share 37.1%, Turnout 58%
- SchaffhausenNo majority, Yes share 36.7%, Turnout 69%
- ZurichNo majority, Yes share 36.4%, Turnout 56%
- AargauNo majority, Yes share 34.0%, Turnout 52%
- ZugNo majority, Yes share 33.9%, Turnout 63%
- ThurgauNo majority, Yes share 33.8%, Turnout 53%
- GraubündenNo majority, Yes share 33.0%, Turnout 49%
- TicinoNo majority, Yes share 32.9%, Turnout 49%
- St. GallenNo majority, Yes share 32.5%, Turnout 56%
- GlarusNo majority, Yes share 32.4%, Turnout 53%
- LucerneNo majority, Yes share 32.2%, Turnout 59%
- SchwyzNo majority, Yes share 32.0%, Turnout 62%
- BernNo majority, Yes share 31.4%, Turnout 54%
- UriNo majority, Yes share 30.9%, Turnout 52%
- Basel-Landschaft ½No majority, Yes share 30.6%, Turnout 57%
- Basel-Stadt ½No majority, Yes share 29.2%, Turnout 59%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 28.4%, Turnout 61%
- Nidwalden ½No majority, Yes share 27.3%, Turnout 61%
- Obwalden ½No majority, Yes share 26.8%, Turnout 59%
- NeuchâtelNo majority, Yes share 25.5%, Turnout 69%
- GenevaNo majority, Yes share 25.0%, Turnout 62%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 24.9%, Turnout 59%
- FribourgNo majority, Yes share 23.5%, Turnout 62%
- VaudNo majority, Yes share 22.5%, Turnout 46%
- ValaisNo majority, Yes share 20.0%, Turnout 63%
- JuraNo majority, Yes share 20.0%, Turnout 55%
✓ 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-speaking33.3% yes
- French-speaking23.0% yes
- Ticino32.9% 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
- Popular initiative
- Needed to pass
- A majority of voters and of the cantons
- Federal Council recommends
- No
- Topics
- Social policy
Party recommendations
Recommend No
SVP Swiss People's Party
FDP FDP.The Liberals
GPS Green Party of Switzerland
EDU Federal Democratic Union
EVP Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
CVP Christian Democratic People's Party (until 2020)
Other position
SP Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
Free vote
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
- Initiative «Gegen den Ausverkauf der Heimat»
20 May 1984 · ✗ Rejected · 16 of 26 cantons the same
- Arbeitsgesetz
29 November 1998 · ✓ Accepted · 3 of 26 cantons the same
- Asylgesetz
13 June 1999 · ✓ Accepted · 0 of 26 cantons the same
- Massnahmen im Asyl- und Ausländerbereich
13 June 1999 · ✓ Accepted · 0 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.