Swissvotes Universität Basel année politique suisse

Initiative against factory farming

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Keine Massentierhaltung in der Schweiz (Massentierhaltungsinitiative)»
Voting day 25.09.2022
Voting result Rejected (37.13% Yes votes and 0.5 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 658
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Agriculture > Livestock
Environment and living space > Environment > Animal 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 Tierschutzorganisation Sentience Politics, unterstützt von den Tier- und Umweltschutzorganisationen Fondation Franz Weber, Greenpeace und Vier Pfoten
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 106,125
Time used to collect signatures 462 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 21.044
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 303 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (77 Yes, 106 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (8 Yes, 32 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
GLP
GPS
SD
SPS
No
EDU
FDP
Mitte
SVP
Free vote
EVP
PdA
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 37.9% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
VPOD
Kleinbauern-Vereinigung
Bio Suisse
Pro Natura
Schweizer Tierschutz
Stiftung für das Tier im Recht
Greenpeace
Vegane Gesellschaft Schweiz
Piratenpartei
No
eco
SAV
SBV
SGV
Diverse landwirtschaftliche Verbände
GastroSuisse
Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Berggebiete (SAB); Kantonsregierung LU
Free vote
CSP OW
ML-CSP FR
Deviating party sections
Yes
PdA BE
No
EVP GR
EVP JU
EVP SH
Free vote
GLP LU
GLP SH
GLP SZ
SPS FR
Number of adverts in print media 557
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 18%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 278
Media coverage: tonality 11 (predominantly positive)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Graphical campaign material for a Yes Show all
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (37.13% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (0.5 Yes, 22.5 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Accepted
BS
Turnout 52.28%
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