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Initiative against urban sprawl

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Zersiedelung stoppen – für eine nachhaltige Siedlungsentwicklung (Zersiedelungsinitiative)»
Voting day 10.02.2019
Voting result Rejected (36.34% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 626
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Environment and living space > Soil > Spatial planning
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 Junge Grüne
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 113,216
Time used to collect signatures 549 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 17.063
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 247 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (37 Yes, 143 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (3 Yes, 34 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Online information by the federal authorities Link Federal Council
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EVP
GPS
PdA
SD
SPS
No
BDP
CVP
EDU
FDP
FPS
GLP
KVP
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 28.8% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
VCS
Pro Velo
Kleinbauern-Vereinigung
Uniterre
Biosuisse
Pro Natura
Greenpeace
Alpeninitiative
JCVP GL
No
eco
Gem
KDK
SBV
SGV
SSV
Hauseigentümerverband
Baumeisterverband
Schweizerischer Versicherungsverband (SVV)
Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Berggebiete (SAB)
Deviating party sections
Yes
JCVP SO
JSVP GE
No
SPS VSr
Free vote
GLP BS
SPS NW
SPS VD
Number of adverts in print media 290
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 5%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 312
Media coverage: tonality -14 (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
Link Social Archives
Graphical campaign material for a No
Swissvotes database
Swissvotes database
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (36.34% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (0.0 Yes, 23.0 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 37.92%
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)