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Initiative for a 13th monthly pension in old-age insurance

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Für ein besseres Leben im Alter (Initiative für eine 13. AHV-Rente)»
Voting day 03.03.2024
Voting result Accepted (58.24% Yes votes and 15.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 665
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Social policy > Social security > Old-age and survivors' insurance
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 Gewerkschaften
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 101,793
Time used to collect signatures 379 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 22.043
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 296 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (69 Yes, 126 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (10 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
Campaign for a Yes
Link
Recommendations by parties
Yes
GPS
Lega
MCG
PdA
SD
SPS
No
EDU
EVP
FDP
GLP
Mitte
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 29.9% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
TravS
VPOD
VASOS (Vereinigung aktiver Senior:innen- und Selbsthilfeorganisationen der Schweiz)
Alliance F
Kleinbauern-Vereinigung; Ensemble à Gauche
Libertés et Justice sociale GE
CSP OW
No
eco
SAV
SBV
SGV
Schweizerischer Verband für Seniorenfragen (SVS)
Schweizerischer Versicherungsverband (SVV)
GastroSuisse
Schweizerischer Bäuerinnen- und Landfrauenverband
Bauenschweiz
Free vote
Piratenpartei
Deviating party sections
Yes
GLP GE
JM VD
SVP GE
SVP JU
Free vote
FDP JU
Mitte JU
SVP TI
SVP VSr
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 752
Media coverage: tonality -6 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Campaign finances
Link (in German)
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Swissvotes database
Swissvotes database
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (58.24% Yes votes)
Cantons Accepted (15.0 Yes, 8.0 No)
Rejected
AI
AR
LU
NW
OW
SG
SZ
TG
UR
ZG
Accepted
AG
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
NE
SH
SO
TI
VD
VS
ZH
Turnout 58.34%
Overview of voting result by the Federal Chancellery Link (in German)
Popular votes dashboard by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Link
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)