Swissvotes Universität Basel année politique suisse

Regulation of gambling in favour of charitable purposes

General information
Official title Bundesbeschluss über die Regelung der Geldspiele zugunsten gemeinnütziger Zwecke
Voting day 11.03.2012
Voting result Accepted (87.09% Yes votes and 23.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 558
Legal form Direct counter-proposal
Policy area Economy > Economic policy > Structural policy
Economy > Tourism and leisure > Lotteries and gambling
Description by Année Politique Suisse Link (in German / French)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 10.093
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 344 days
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (140 Yes, 3 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (34 Yes, 0 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Accept
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
BDP
CSP
CVP
EDU
FDP
GLP
GPS
PdA
SD
SPS
SVP
No
EVP
FPS
KVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 94.6% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
Deviating party sections
No
JFDP CH
SVP TG
SVP ZG
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (87.09% Yes votes)
Cantons Accepted (23.0 Yes, 0.0 No)
Accepted
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 44.77%
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)