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General information
Official title Bundesgesetz über die gesetzlichen Grundlagen für Verordnungen des Bundesrates zur Bewältigung der Covid-19-Epidemie (Covid-19-Gesetz)
Voting day 13.06.2021
Voting result Accepted (60.20% Yes votes)
Vote Nº 643
Legal form Optional referendum
Policy area Social policy > Health
State organisation > Legal system > Fundamental rights
Economy > Economic 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)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 20.058
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 44 days
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (153 Yes, 36 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (44 Yes, 0 No)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Verein "Freunde der Verfassung"
Signatures 90,789
Time used to collect signatures 98 days
Success PDF (in German)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Accept
Online information by the federal authorities Link Federal Council
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Campaign websites
Campaign for a No
Link
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EVP
FDP
GLP
GPS
KVP
Mitte
PdA
SPS
No
EDU
Free vote
SD
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 69.8% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
eco
Gem
KDK
SAV
SGB
SGV
SSV
TravS
VPOD
GastroSuisse
HotellerieSuisse
Tourismusverband
Baumeisterverband
Piratenpartei
CSP OW
PCSI JU
SVP Jura bernois
JSVP JU
JSVP OW
No
Freunde der Verfassung
Aktionsbündnis Urkantone
Mass-Voll
JFDP NW
JSVP TG
Free vote
JFDP UR
Gewerbeverband AI
Deviating party sections
Yes
SVP BE
SVP LU
SVP NE
SVP SH
SVP VD
SVP VSo
No
JSVP CH
Mitte NE
SD BE
SVP AI
SVP AR
SVP BL
SVP GR
SVP NW
SVP OW
SVP SZ
SVP UR
SVP ZG
SVP ZH
Number of adverts in print media 54
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 63%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 231
Media coverage: tonality 12 (predominantly positive)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (60.20% Yes votes)
Cantons Majority of the cantons not required (17.0 Yes, 6.0 No)
Rejected
AI
AR
GL
NW
OW
SZ
TG
UR
Accepted
AG
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GR
JU
LU
NE
SG
SH
SO
TI
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 59.66%
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
Full analysis of post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Dataset of the post-vote poll CSV SAV
Codebook for the post-vote poll Excel (in German)