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Initiative «For the dignity of farm animals (horned cows initiative)»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Für die Würde der landwirtschaftlichen Nutztiere (Hornkuh-Initiative)»
Voting day 25.11.2018
Voting result Rejected (45.27% Yes votes and 5.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 623
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Agriculture > Agricultural policy
Environment and living space > Environment > Animal protection
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 Komitee um den Bergbauern Armin Capaul und weitere Landwirte, unterstützt von Tierschutzorganisationen
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 119,626
Time used to collect signatures 547 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 17.024
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 485 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (49 Yes, 117 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (6 Yes, 33 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Online information by the federal authorities
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EVP
GLP
GPS
KVP
PdA
SD
SPS
No
BDP
CVP
EDU
FDP
FPS
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 33.4% (Details)
Recommendations by others
No
Kantonale Bauernverbände LU und SH
Free vote
SBV
None
TravS
Deviating party sections
Yes
CVP BS
JSVP SH
SVP ZG
No
EVP BS
EVP SH
EVP TG
GLP GL
GLP GR
GLP NE
GLP SH
GPS SH
Free vote
CVP SO
GLP TG
SPS NE
SVP BS
SVP SG
Number of adverts in print media 40
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 63%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 228
Media coverage: tonality 7 (predominantly positive)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (45.27% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (5.0 Yes, 18.0 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
FR
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SO
SZ
TG
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Accepted
BL
BS
GE
GL
SH
TI
Turnout 48.30%
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)