Initiative «gegen Asylrechtsmissbrauch»
Official title: Volksinitiative «gegen Asylrechtsmissbrauch»
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Rejected
49.9% yes
- Cantons: 13 for, 11 against
- Turnout 47.9%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 15 of 26 cantons, sorted by yes share.
Choose a canton on the map or in the list to see how its municipalities voted.
- GlarusYes majority, Yes share 63.0%, Turnout 46%
- SchwyzYes majority, Yes share 61.6%, Turnout 55%
- ThurgauYes majority, Yes share 60.9%, Turnout 48%
- St. GallenYes majority, Yes share 60.9%, Turnout 49%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½Yes majority, Yes share 60.3%, Turnout 48%
- AargauYes majority, Yes share 58.0%, Turnout 43%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½Yes majority, Yes share 55.9%, Turnout 56%
- SolothurnYes majority, Yes share 55.6%, Turnout 50%
- Nidwalden ½Yes majority, Yes share 54.0%, Turnout 44%
- UriYes majority, Yes share 53.2%, Turnout 40%
- SchaffhausenYes majority, Yes share 51.6%, Turnout 66%
- GraubündenYes majority, Yes share 51.5%, Turnout 39%
- Obwalden ½Yes majority, Yes share 51.1%, Turnout 45%
- ZurichYes majority, Yes share 50.6%, Turnout 53%
- Basel-Landschaft ½Yes majority, Yes share 50.3%, Turnout 49%
- ZugNo majority, Yes share 48.9%, Turnout 53%
- BernNo majority, Yes share 48.6%, Turnout 47%
- TicinoNo majority, Yes share 48.1%, Turnout 33%
- LucerneNo majority, Yes share 48.1%, Turnout 52%
- FribourgNo majority, Yes share 44.3%, Turnout 41%
- Basel-Stadt ½No majority, Yes share 43.0%, Turnout 52%
- NeuchâtelNo majority, Yes share 42.6%, Turnout 54%
- ValaisNo majority, Yes share 42.3%, Turnout 37%
- VaudNo majority, Yes share 41.7%, Turnout 51%
- JuraNo majority, Yes share 39.7%, Turnout 40%
- GenevaNo majority, Yes share 38.6%, Turnout 51%
✓ 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-speaking52.5% yes
- French-speaking41.5% yes
- Ticino48.1% 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 Yes
SVP Swiss People's Party
EDU Federal Democratic Union
Recommend No
SP Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
FDP FDP.The Liberals
GPS Green Party of Switzerland
EVP Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
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
- Initiative «gegen die illegale Einwanderung»
1 December 1996 · ✗ Rejected · 19 of 26 cantons the same
- Zwangsmassnahmen im Ausländerrecht
4 December 1994 · ✓ Accepted · 15 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative «für eine Regelung der Zuwanderung»
24 September 2000 · ✗ Rejected · 11 of 26 cantons the same
- Finanzierung der Arbeitslosenversicherung
28 September 1997 · ✗ Rejected · 21 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.