| General information | |
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| Official title | Volksinitiative «Für die Zukunft unserer Natur und Landschaft (Biodiversitätsinitiative)» |
| Voting day | 22.09.2024 |
| Voting result | Rejected (36.96% Yes votes and 1.5 out of 23 votes of the Cantons) |
| Vote Nº | 671 |
| Legal form | Popular initiative |
| Policy area |
Environment and living space > Environment > Protection of nature and cultural heritage Environment and living space > Soil > Spatial planning Environment and living space > Environment > Environmental 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 | Pro Natura, BirdLife, Heimatschutz, Stiftung Landschaftsschutz, Fischereiverband, Casafair, Fairfish |
| Preliminary examination | PDF (in German) |
| Signatures | 107,885 |
| Time used to collect signatures | 460 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 | 22.025 |
| Parliamentary debate | PDF / Link (in German / French) |
| Duration of proceedings | 658 days |
| Parliament's position | Reject |
| Position of the National Council | Reject (72 Yes, 124 No) |
| Position of the Council of States | Reject (12 Yes, 33 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 department |
| 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 | 38.4% (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 | 273 |
| Media coverage: tonality | 10 (predominantly positive) |
| Media coverage: fög analysis | PDF / Link (in German) |
| Campaign finances |
Total receipts of ‘yes’ campaign: CHF 4,144,607,
largest donors: Pro Natura; BirdLife Schweiz
Total receipts of ‘no’ campaign: CHF 2,043,865,
largest donors: Schweizer Bauernverband (SBV); Schweizer Zucker AG; Vereinigung Schweizer Kartoffelproduzenten
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| Documents from the campaign | Display the list of documents |
| Graphical campaign material for a Yes | |
| Vote | |
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| Voting result | Rejected |
| People | Rejected (36.96% Yes votes) |
| Cantons |
Rejected
(1.5 Yes, 21.5 No)
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| Turnout | 45.19% |
| Decree on voting result | PDF (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) |
