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VAT increase in favour of the old-age insurance

General information
Official title Bundesbeschluss über die Zusatzfinanzierung der AHV durch eine Erhöhung der Mehrwertsteuer
Voting day 25.09.2022
Voting result Accepted (55.07% Yes votes and 18.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 659
Legal form Mandatory referendum
Policy area Social policy > Social security > Old-age and survivors' insurance
Public finance > Taxation > Indirect taxation
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 19.050
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 842 days
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (126 Yes, 40 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (43 Yes, 0 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Accept
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
Campaign for a Yes
Link
Campaign for a No
Link
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EDU
EVP
FDP
GLP
Mitte
SVP
No
GPS
PdA
SD
SPS
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 65.4% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
eco
SAV
SBV
SGV
CSP OW
No
SGB
TravS
VPOD
ML-CSP FR
Piratenpartei
Free vote
Alliance F (Bund Schweizerischer Frauenorganisationen)
Number of adverts in print media 186
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 74%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 443
Media coverage: tonality 15 (predominantly positive)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Graphical campaign material for a No
Link eMuseum.ch
Link eMuseum.ch
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (55.07% Yes votes)
Cantons Accepted (18.0 Yes, 5.0 No)
Rejected
FR
GE
JU
NE
VD
Accepted
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
GL
GR
LU
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 52.16%
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
Codebook for the post-vote poll Excel (in German)