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Initiative for a ban on full facial coverings «Burka-Initiative»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Ja zum Verhüllungsverbot»
Keyword «Burka-Initiative»
Voting day 07.03.2021
Voting result Accepted (51.19% Yes votes and 18.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 638
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area State organisation > Legal system > Fundamental rights
State organisation > Legal system > Criminal law
Culture, religion and media > Religion - churches
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 "Egerkinger Komitee" mit Mitgliedern der SVP, der EDU und der FDP
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 105,553
Time used to collect signatures 549 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 19.023
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 462 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (77 Yes, 113 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (7 Yes, 36 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Online information by the federal authorities Link Federal Council Link department Link federal office
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Campaign websites
Campaign for a Yes
Link
Campaign for a No
Link 1
Link 2
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EDU
Lega
SD
SVP
No
FDP
GLP
GPS
KVP
Mitte
PdA
SPS
Free vote
EVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 27.5% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
FDP-Frauen LU
JFDP GE
No
SBK
SSV
TravS
VPOD
Schweizerischer Rat der Religionen
Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche Schweiz
Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund
Katholischer Frauenbund
Alliance F
Operation Libero
Amnesty International
Eidgenössische Kommission gegen Rassismus
Schweizer Tourismus-Verband
Gewerkschaftsbünde der Kantone LU und SZ
Free vote
Schweizerische Evangelische Allianz
Deviating party sections
Yes
CVP FR
CVP JU
CVP SG
EVP GE
EVP GR
EVP LU
FDP FR
FDP JU
FDP VD
JFDP VD
No
EVP TG
Free vote
FDP GL
Number of adverts in print media 30
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 63%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 405
Media coverage: tonality -11 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a No
Link Social Archives
Link Social Archives
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (51.19% Yes votes)
Cantons Accepted (18.0 Yes, 5.0 No)
Rejected
AR
BE
BS
GE
GR
ZH
Accepted
AG
AI
BL
FR
GL
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
Turnout 51.42%
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 poll
Full analysis of post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Cockpit with selected results Link
Dataset of the post-vote poll CSV SAV
Codebook for the post-vote poll Excel (in German)