Swissvotes Universität Basel année politique suisse

Initiative on scholarships

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Stipendieninitiative»
Voting day 14.06.2015
Voting result Rejected (27.46% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 593
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Education and research > Universities
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 Verband der Schweizer Studierendenschaften (VSS)
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 117,069
Time used to collect signatures 549 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 13.058
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 534 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (58 Yes, 135 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (12 Yes, 32 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
CSP
EVP
GPS
MCG
PdA
SD
SPS
No
BDP
CVP
EDU
FDP
FPS
GLP
Lega
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 30.9% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
TravS
JCVP SZ
JCVP UR
Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz
Verband Schweizer Studierendenschaften (VSS)
No
eco
SAV
Deviating party sections
Yes
GLP GL
jglp CH
No
EVP AR
Free vote
CVP SH
GLP TG
Number of adverts in print media 58
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 67%
Media coverage: number of articles 91
Media coverage: tonality -7 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (27.46% 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 43.45%
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)