Swissvotes Universität Basel année politique suisse

Initiative for a ban on animal and human experiments

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Ja zum Tier- und Menschenversuchsverbot – Ja zu Forschungswegen mit Impulsen für Sicherheit und Fortschritt»
Voting day 13.02.2022
Voting result Rejected (20.86% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 651
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Education and research > Research > Animal testing
Social policy > Health > Medical research and technology
Social policy > Health > Medicines
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 Bürger:innen-Komitee mit Mitgliedern von Tierschutzorganisationen und einzelnen Exponent:innen von SP und Grünen
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 123,640
Time used to collect signatures 531 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 19.083
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 553 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (0 Yes, 195 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (0 Yes, 42 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Online information by the federal authorities
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Campaign websites
Recommendations by parties
Yes
SD
No
EDU
EVP
FDP
GLP
GPS
Mitte
PdA
SPS
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 0.1% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
Kleinere Tierschutzorganisationen
Gruppe für Innerrhoden
No
eco
FMH
Spitalverband H+
Gesellschaft Schweizer Tierärztinnen und Tierärzte (GST)
pharmaSuisse
scienceindustries
swissuniversities
Schweizerisches Konsumentenforum
Schweizer Tierschutz (STS)
ML-CSP FR
Piratenpartei
Gewerbeverband SO
Number of adverts in print media 88
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 9%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 172
Media coverage: tonality -39 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Graphical campaign material for a No
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (20.86% 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 44.20%
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
Codebook for the post-vote poll