| General information | |
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| Official title | Volksinitiative «Gegen Masseneinwanderung» |
| Keyword | MEI |
| Voting day | 09.02.2014 |
| Voting result | Accepted (50.33% Yes votes and 14.5 out of 23 votes of the Cantons) |
| Vote Nº | 580 |
| Legal form | Popular initiative |
| Policy area |
Foreign policy > European policy Social policy > Social groups > Immigration policy |
| 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 | 135,557 |
| Time used to collect signatures | 203 days |
| Success | PDF (in German) |
| Pre-parliamentary phase | |
|---|---|
| Federal Council dispatch | (in German) |
| Parliamentary phase | |
|---|---|
| Item Nº | 12.098 |
| Parliamentary debate | PDF / Link (in German / French) |
| Duration of proceedings | 294 days |
| Parliament's position | Reject |
| Position of the National Council | Reject (54 Yes, 140 No) |
| Position of the Council of States | Reject (5 Yes, 37 No) |
| Public campaign | |
|---|---|
| Official explanatory brochure | PDF (in German) |
| Position of the Federal Council | Reject |
| Online information by the federal authorities | Link department |
| Explainer video by easyvote | Link (in German) |
| Explanatory brochure by easyvote | PDF (in German) |
| Recommendations by parties |
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| Electoral share of 'yes' camp | 28.5% (Details) |
| Recommendations by others |
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| Deviating party sections |
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| Number of adverts in print media | 1,509 |
| Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' | 25% |
| Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique | PDF (in German) |
| Media coverage: number of articles | 425 |
| Media coverage: tonality | -23 (predominantly negative) |
| Documents from the campaign | Display the list of documents |
| Graphical campaign material for a Yes |
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| Graphical campaign material for a No |
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| Vote | |
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| Voting result | Accepted |
| People | Accepted (50.33% Yes votes) |
| Cantons |
Accepted
(14.5 Yes, 8.5 No)
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| Turnout | 56.57% |
| 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 poll | |
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| Full analysis of post-vote poll results | PDF (in German) |
| Technical report | PDF (in German) |
