Initiative to ban the construction of minarets

Popular vote of Nov 29, 2009 · Popular initiative · No. 547Initiative populaire «Contre la construction de minarets»

The people and the cantons accepted the proposal.

Yes share
57.5 %
Cantons
20 : 4
Turnout
53.8 %
Yes
1'535'010 (58 %)
No
1'134'440 (42 %)
Eligible voters
5'039'676

What was voted on

Recommendations

Federal Council
No
Parliament
No
Final vote, Council of States
3 (7 %) : 39 (93 %)
Recommend yes
SD, EDU, FPS, SVP, Lega
Recommend no
BDP, CVP, EVP, FDP, GLP, Grüne, KVP, PdA, SP, UCSP
Associations
Recommend no: economiesuisse, Arbeitgeberverband, Gewerkschaftsbund, Travail.SuisseNo recommendation: Gewerbeverband

By canton

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AreaYesNoTurnout
Zurich239'656 (52 %)222'923 (48 %)54.0 %
Bern221'082 (61 %)142'360 (39 %)52.0 %
Lucerne82'603 (61 %)52'344 (39 %)54.1 %
Uri8'464 (64 %)4'805 (36 %)52.0 %
Schwyz32'752 (66 %)16'655 (34 %)51.6 %
Obwalden9'131 (62 %)5'496 (38 %)61.0 %
Nidwalden10'399 (63 %)6'170 (37 %)57.0 %
Glarus8'259 (69 %)3'750 (31 %)46.9 %
Zug24'632 (57 %)18'823 (43 %)61.9 %
Fribourg50'970 (56 %)40'226 (44 %)51.5 %
Solothurn60'844 (64 %)34'293 (36 %)56.3 %
Basel-Stadt31'454 (48 %)33'581 (52 %)58.0 %
Basel-Landschaft56'789 (60 %)38'095 (40 %)52.1 %
Schaffhausen21'065 (64 %)12'106 (36 %)70.2 %
Appenzell Ausserrhoden13'749 (64 %)7'834 (36 %)58.2 %
Appenzell Innerrhoden3'874 (71 %)1'548 (29 %)49.7 %
St. Gallen107'765 (66 %)55'841 (34 %)53.8 %
Graubünden35'791 (59 %)25'312 (41 %)46.7 %
Aargau128'964 (64 %)72'583 (36 %)52.0 %
Thurgau56'156 (68 %)26'829 (32 %)54.0 %
Ticino69'570 (68 %)32'360 (32 %)49.4 %
Vaud97'653 (47 %)110'504 (53 %)52.8 %
Valais69'145 (58 %)49'997 (42 %)61.1 %
Neuchâtel28'445 (49 %)29'222 (51 %)53.9 %
Geneva53'270 (40 %)78'823 (60 %)57.7 %
Jura12'528 (51 %)11'960 (49 %)49.8 %

On the same day

Sources: Swissvotes, Federal Chancellery, Année politique suisse

Data: Swissvotes, the database of federal popular votes (Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern; CC BY 4.0), the Federal Statistical Office and the Parliamentary Services.