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Initiative «For the expulsion of criminal foreigners (Expulsion Initiative)»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Für die Ausschaffung krimineller Ausländer (Ausschaffungsinitiative)»
Voting day 28.11.2010
Voting result Accepted (52.91% Yes votes and 17.5 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 552.1
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Social policy > Social groups > Immigration policy
State organisation > Legal system > Criminal law
Brief description by Swissvotes PDF (in German)
Description by Année Politique Suisse Link (in German / French)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Collection of signatures
Initiators SVP
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 210,919
Time used to collect signatures 220 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 09.060
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 359 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (82 Yes, 92 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (5 Yes, 26 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Campaign websites
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EDU
FPS
Lega
SD
SVP
No
BDP
CSP
CVP
EVP
FDP
GLP
GPS
KVP
PdA
SPS
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 31.4% (Details)
Recommendations by others
No
SAV
SBK
SGB
TravS
Evangelischer Kirchenbund
Schweizerische Flüchtlingshilfe (SFH)
Amnesty International
Demokratische Juristinnen und Juristen Schweiz (DJS)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes Show all
Graphical campaign material for a No Show all
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (52.91% Yes votes)
Cantons Accepted (17.5 Yes, 5.5 No)
Rejected
BS
FR
GE
JU
NE
VD
Accepted
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
GL
GR
LU
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 52.93%
Decree on voting result PDF (in German)
Result by canton, district and municipality Excel (in German)
Overview of voting result by the Federal Chancellery Link (in German)
Interactive map by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Display the map
Post-vote polls
Full analysis of VOX post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Technical report on the VOX poll PDF (in German)