| General information | |
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| Official title | Volksinitiative «Für tiefere Prämien – Kostenbremse im Gesundheitswesen (Kostenbremse-Initiative)» |
| Voting day | 09.06.2024 |
| Voting result | Rejected (37.23% Yes votes and 5.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons) |
| Vote Nº | 668 |
| Legal form | Popular initiative |
| Policy area |
Social and societal policy > Social security > Health and accident insurance Social and societal policy > Health > Health policy |
| Description by Année Politique Suisse | Link (in German / French) |
| Text subject to vote | PDF (in German) |
| Official Chronology | Link (in German) |
| Collection of signatures | |
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| Initiators | Die Mitte / CVP |
| Preliminary examination | PDF (in German) |
| Signatures | 103,761 |
| Time used to collect signatures | 511 days |
| Success | PDF (in German) |
| Pre-parliamentary phase | |
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| Federal Council dispatch | (in German) |
| Parliamentary phase | |
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| Item Nº | 21.067 |
| Parliamentary debate | PDF / Link (in German / French) |
| Duration of proceedings | 688 days |
| Parliament's position | Reject |
| Position of the National Council | Reject (31 Yes, 110 No) |
| Position of the Council of States | Reject (14 Yes, 20 No) |
| Public campaign | |
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| 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 |
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| Recommendations by parties |
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| Electoral share of 'yes' camp | 17.2% (Details) |
| Recommendations by others |
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| Deviating party sections |
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| Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique | PDF (in German) |
| Media coverage: number of articles | 311 |
| Media coverage: tonality | -7 (predominantly negative) |
| Media coverage: fög analysis | PDF / Link (in German) |
| Campaign finances |
Total receipts of ‘yes’ campaign: CHF 319,037,
largest donors: Die Mitte
Total receipts of ‘no’ campaign: CHF 3,024,842,
largest donors: FMH (Verbindung der Schweizer Ärztinnen und Ärzte); Economiesuisse
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| Documents from the campaign | Display the list of documents |
| Vote | |
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| Voting result | Rejected |
| People | Rejected (37.23% Yes votes) |
| Cantons |
Rejected
(5.0 Yes, 18.0 No)
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| Turnout | 45.37% |
| 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) |
| Popular votes dashboard by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office | Link |
| Interactive map by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office | Display the map |
| Post-vote polls | |
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| Full analysis of VOX post-vote poll results | PDF (in German) |
| Dataset of the VOX poll | CSV |
| Codebook for the VOX poll | Excel (in German) |
| Results of the LeeWas post-vote poll | PDF (in German) |
