Self-determination initiative
Official title: Volksinitiative «Schweizer Recht statt fremde Richter (Selbstbestimmungsinitiative)»
There is no summary for this past proposal. The result and the party recommendations come from the official data.
Result: Rejected
33.7% yes
- Cantons: 0 for, 23 against
- Turnout 48.4%
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.
- SchwyzNo majority, Yes share 47.1%, Turnout 52%
- Appenzell Innerrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 47.0%, Turnout 47%
- TicinoNo majority, Yes share 46.1%, Turnout 45%
- GlarusNo majority, Yes share 44.5%, Turnout 44%
- SchaffhausenNo majority, Yes share 43.0%, Turnout 67%
- UriNo majority, Yes share 42.5%, Turnout 45%
- ThurgauNo majority, Yes share 40.9%, Turnout 47%
- Nidwalden ½No majority, Yes share 39.9%, Turnout 54%
- Obwalden ½No majority, Yes share 39.3%, Turnout 55%
- St. GallenNo majority, Yes share 39.1%, Turnout 48%
- AargauNo majority, Yes share 38.0%, Turnout 46%
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden ½No majority, Yes share 37.7%, Turnout 52%
- Basel-Landschaft ½No majority, Yes share 36.7%, Turnout 48%
- GraubündenNo majority, Yes share 35.0%, Turnout 48%
- SolothurnNo majority, Yes share 35.0%, Turnout 47%
- BernNo majority, Yes share 34.4%, Turnout 49%
- ZugNo majority, Yes share 34.4%, Turnout 53%
- LucerneNo majority, Yes share 33.1%, Turnout 51%
- ValaisNo majority, Yes share 32.4%, Turnout 52%
- ZurichNo majority, Yes share 32.1%, Turnout 51%
- Basel-Stadt ½No majority, Yes share 27.5%, Turnout 56%
- FribourgNo majority, Yes share 27.3%, Turnout 44%
- GenevaNo majority, Yes share 24.7%, Turnout 44%
- JuraNo majority, Yes share 24.3%, Turnout 41%
- VaudNo majority, Yes share 23.4%, Turnout 45%
- NeuchâtelNo majority, Yes share 22.6%, Turnout 42%
✓ 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-speaking35.5% yes
- French-speaking26.0% yes
- Ticino46.1% 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
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
GLP Green Liberal Party of Switzerland
EVP Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
BDP Conservative Democratic Party (2008–2020)
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 «Against mass immigration»
9 February 2014 · ✓ Accepted · 9 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative «For the expulsion of criminal foreigners (Expulsion Initiative)»
28 November 2010 · ✓ Accepted · 6 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative “Popular sovereignty instead of government propaganda”
1 June 2008 · ✗ Rejected · 26 of 26 cantons the same
- Initiative to ban the construction of minarets
29 November 2009 · ✓ Accepted · 4 of 26 cantons the same
Sources
Official resources
Vote data: Swissvotes – Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern (CC BY 4.0), and the Federal Statistical Office.