Neue Bundesverfassung
Official title: Bundesbeschluss über eine neue Bundesverfassung
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Accepted
59.2% yes
- Cantons: 13 for, 10 against
- Turnout 35.9%
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Result by canton
Yes majority in 14 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 85.9%, Turnout 27%
- Basel-Stadt ½Yes majority, Yes share 76.3%, Turnout 42%
- JuraYes majority, Yes share 76.2%, Turnout 19%
- VaudYes majority, Yes share 75.9%, Turnout 18%
- FribourgYes majority, Yes share 72.8%, Turnout 25%
- TicinoYes majority, Yes share 72.0%, Turnout 63%
- NeuchâtelYes majority, Yes share 70.3%, Turnout 25%
- Basel-Landschaft ½Yes majority, Yes share 66.0%, Turnout 32%
- BernYes majority, Yes share 61.9%, Turnout 32%
- ZurichYes majority, Yes share 61.7%, Turnout 40%
- LucerneYes majority, Yes share 57.2%, Turnout 52%
- ZugYes majority, Yes share 53.9%, Turnout 43%
- SolothurnYes majority, Yes share 52.7%, Turnout 47%
- GraubündenYes majority, Yes share 51.8%, Turnout 31%
- ValaisNo majority, Yes share 49.8%, Turnout 21%
- AargauNo majority, Yes share 49.1%, Turnout 34%
- St. GallenNo majority, Yes share 48.1%, Turnout 36%
- Obwalden ½No majority, Yes share 47.2%, Turnout 48%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 44.9%, Turnout 50%
- SchaffhausenNo majority, Yes share 42.0%, Turnout 63%
- Nidwalden ½No majority, Yes share 40.9%, Turnout 43%
- ThurgauNo majority, Yes share 40.1%, Turnout 44%
- UriNo majority, Yes share 39.9%, Turnout 35%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 34.0%, Turnout 46%
- SchwyzNo majority, Yes share 33.9%, Turnout 43%
- GlarusNo majority, Yes share 30.1%, Turnout 40%
✓ 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-speaking55.6% yes
- French-speaking72.8% yes
- Ticino72.0% 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
- Mandatory referendum
- Needed to pass
- A majority of voters and of the cantons
- Federal Council recommends
- Yes
- Topics
- State and institutions
Party recommendations
Recommend Yes
SVP Swiss People's Party
SP Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
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)
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
- Neues Ehe- und Erbrecht
22 September 1985 · ✓ Accepted · 23 of 26 cantons the same
- Artikel zur Gleichstellung von Mann und Frau
14 June 1981 · ✓ Accepted · 23 of 26 cantons the same
- Kulturförderungsartikel
12 June 1994 · ✗ Rejected · 22 of 26 cantons the same
- Einführung des Frauenstimmrechts
7 February 1971 · ✓ Accepted · 21 of 25 cantons the same
Official resources
Vote data: Swissvotes – Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern (CC BY 4.0), and the Federal Statistical Office.