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Initiative «Halt overpopulation - Preserve the natural environment» Ecopop-Initiative

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Stopp der Überbevölkerung – zur Sicherung der natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen»
Keyword Ecopop-Initiative
Voting day 30.11.2014
Voting result Rejected (25.90% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 588
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Social policy > Social groups > Immigration policy
Foreign policy > European 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 Ecopop
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 119,816
Time used to collect signatures 549 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 13.086
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 240 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (3 Yes, 190 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (1 Yes, 44 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
FPS
SD
No
BDP
CSP
CVP
EDU
EVP
FDP
GLP
GPS
KVP
MCG
PdA
SPS
SVP
Free vote
Lega
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 0.2% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
Aktion für eine unabhängige und neutrale Schweiz (AUNS)
No
eco
GDK
Gem
KDK
SAV
SBV
SGB
SGV
SSV
TravS
VPOD
FMH (Verbindung Schweizer Ärztinnen und Ärzte)
Deviating party sections
Yes
SVP AG
SVP BL
SVP LU
SVP OW
SVP SO
SVP SZ
SVP TI
Free vote
SVP GE
Number of adverts in print media 659
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 10%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 590
Media coverage: tonality -49 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Graphical campaign material for a No Show all
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (25.90% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (0.0 Yes, 23.0 No)
Rejected
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 49.98%
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)