Swissvotes Universität Basel année politique suisse

Initiative «For food sovereignty»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Für Ernährungssouveränität. Die Landwirtschaft betrifft uns alle»
Voting day 23.09.2018
Voting result Rejected (31.62% Yes votes and 4.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 622
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Agriculture > Agricultural policy
Security policy > National economic supply
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 Uniterre (Bauerngewerkschaft)
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 108,680
Time used to collect signatures 547 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 17.023
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 394 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (23 Yes, 146 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (1 Yes, 37 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Campaign websites
Recommendations by parties
Yes
GPS
KVP
PdA
SD
SPS
No
BDP
CVP
EDU
EVP
FDP
FPS
GLP
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 26.9% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
Schweizer Tierschutz STS
Kleinbauern-Vereinigung
EDU Appenzellerland
No
eco
SGV
Föderation der schweizerischen Nahrungsmittel-Industrien (Fial)
Solothurner Bauernverband
Free vote
SBV
None
TravS
Deviating party sections
No
GPS GL
SPS BS
SPS GR
None
EVP SZ
Number of adverts in print media 245
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 2%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 242
Media coverage: tonality -26 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Graphical campaign material for a No Show all
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (31.62% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (4.0 Yes, 19.0 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GL
GR
LU
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VS
ZG
ZH
Accepted
GE
JU
NE
VD
Turnout 37.47%
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 polls
Full analysis of VOTO post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Results of the LeeWas post-vote poll PDF (in German)