| General information | |
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| Official title | Volksinitiative «Für eine Schweiz ohne synthetische Pestizide» |
| Voting day | 13.06.2021 |
| Voting result | Rejected (39.44% Yes votes and 0.5 out of 23 votes of the Cantons) |
| Vote Nº | 642 |
| Legal form | Popular initiative |
| Policy area |
Environment and living space > Environment > Water pollution control Agriculture > Agricultural policy Environment and living space > Environment > Soil protection |
| 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 | Stiftung "Future3" |
| Preliminary examination | PDF (in German) |
| Signatures | 121,307 |
| Time used to collect signatures | 542 days |
| Success | PDF (in German) |
| Pre-parliamentary phase | |
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| Federal Council dispatch | (in German) |
| Parliamentary phase | |
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| Item Nº | 19.025 |
| Parliamentary debate | PDF / Link (in German / French) |
| Duration of proceedings | 576 days |
| Parliament's position | Reject |
| Position of the National Council | Reject (78 Yes, 111 No) |
| Position of the Council of States | Reject (9 Yes, 31 No) |
| Public campaign | |
|---|---|
| Official explanatory brochure | PDF (in German) |
| Position of the Federal Council | Reject |
| Online information by the federal authorities | Link Federal Council Link federal office |
| Explainer video by easyvote | Link (in German) |
| Explanatory brochure by easyvote | PDF (in German) |
| Campaign websites |
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| Recommendations by parties |
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| Electoral share of 'yes' camp | 33.2% (Details) |
| Recommendations by others |
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| Deviating party sections |
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| Number of adverts in print media | 773 |
| Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' | 16% |
| Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique | PDF (in German) |
| Media coverage: number of articles | 531 |
| Media coverage: tonality | -2 (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 | |
| Vote | |
|---|---|
| Voting result | Rejected |
| People | Rejected (39.44% Yes votes) |
| Cantons |
Rejected
(0.5 Yes, 22.5 No)
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| Turnout | 59.76% |
| 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 | |
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| Full analysis of VOX post-vote poll results | PDF (in German) |
| Dataset of the VOX poll | CSV SAV |
| Codebook for the VOX poll | Excel (in German) |
| Results of the LeeWas post-vote poll | PDF (in German) |
| Document | Language |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary debate | German |
