Pension initiative (retirement age)
Official title: Volksinitiative «Für eine sichere und nachhaltige Altersvorsorge (Renteninitiative)»
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Rejected
25.2% yes
- Cantons: 0 for, 23 against
- Turnout 58.1%
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.
- ZurichNo majority, Yes share 30.5%, Turnout 58%
- ZugNo majority, Yes share 30.1%, Turnout 65%
- SchaffhausenNo majority, Yes share 29.8%, Turnout 71%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 29.3%, Turnout 57%
- SchwyzNo majority, Yes share 29.2%, Turnout 62%
- Nidwalden ½No majority, Yes share 28.2%, Turnout 64%
- Basel-Stadt ½No majority, Yes share 27.8%, Turnout 59%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 27.4%, Turnout 59%
- Obwalden ½No majority, Yes share 27.2%, Turnout 64%
- LucerneNo majority, Yes share 27.1%, Turnout 58%
- St. GallenNo majority, Yes share 26.8%, Turnout 56%
- ThurgauNo majority, Yes share 26.8%, Turnout 55%
- Basel-Landschaft ½No majority, Yes share 26.7%, Turnout 59%
- GraubündenNo majority, Yes share 26.5%, Turnout 56%
- AargauNo majority, Yes share 26.2%, Turnout 57%
- SolothurnNo majority, Yes share 25.8%, Turnout 59%
- GlarusNo majority, Yes share 24.9%, Turnout 56%
- BernNo majority, Yes share 24.8%, Turnout 58%
- TicinoNo majority, Yes share 24.6%, Turnout 58%
- ValaisNo majority, Yes share 23.8%, Turnout 61%
- UriNo majority, Yes share 22.8%, Turnout 62%
- GenevaNo majority, Yes share 22.2%, Turnout 53%
- FribourgNo majority, Yes share 19.6%, Turnout 59%
- NeuchâtelNo majority, Yes share 18.5%, Turnout 57%
- JuraNo majority, Yes share 15.0%, Turnout 61%
- VaudNo majority, Yes share 14.9%, Turnout 58%
✓ 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-speaking27.4% yes
- French-speaking18.9% yes
- Ticino24.6% 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
FDP FDP.The Liberals
EDU Federal Democratic Union
Recommend No
SP Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
Mitte The Centre
GPS Green Party of Switzerland
GLP Green Liberal Party of Switzerland
EVP Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
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
- Arbeitsgesetz
29 November 1998 · ✓ Accepted · 3 of 26 cantons the same
- VAT increase in favour of the old-age insurance
25 September 2022 · ✓ Accepted · 5 of 26 cantons the same
- Act on the old-age insurance
25 September 2022 · ✓ Accepted · 10 of 26 cantons the same
- Finanzierung der Arbeitslosenversicherung
28 September 1997 · ✗ Rejected · 10 of 26 cantons the same
Official resources
- Volksinitiative «Für eine sichere und nachhaltige Altersvorsorge (Renteninitiative)»
- VoteInfo (federal)
- smartvote
Vote data: Swissvotes – Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern (CC BY 4.0), and the Federal Statistical Office.