Initiative «For the expulsion of criminal foreigners (Expulsion Initiative)»

Popular vote of Nov 28, 2010 · Popular initiative · No. 552.1Initiative populaire «Pour le renvoi des étrangers criminels (Initiative sur le renvoi)»

The people and the cantons accepted the proposal.

Yes share
52.9 %
Cantons
18 : 6
Turnout
52.9 %
Yes
1'397'923 (53 %)
No
1'243'942 (47 %)
Eligible voters
5'084'053

What was voted on

Recommendations

Federal Council
No
Parliament
No
Final vote, Council of States
5 (16 %) : 26 (84 %)
Recommend yes
SD, EDU, FPS, SVP, Lega
Recommend no
BDP, CVP, EVP, FDP, GLP, Grüne, KVP, PdA, SP, UCSP
Associations
Recommend no: Arbeitgeberverband, SBK, Gewerkschaftsbund, Travail.Suisse

By canton

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AreaYesNoTurnout
Zurich243'913 (51 %)236'472 (49 %)55.8 %
Bern191'240 (54 %)164'888 (46 %)50.8 %
Lucerne80'035 (56 %)63'190 (44 %)57.2 %
Uri7'701 (61 %)4'865 (39 %)49.4 %
Schwyz36'990 (66 %)18'787 (34 %)57.9 %
Obwalden8'541 (60 %)5'620 (40 %)58.5 %
Nidwalden10'835 (61 %)6'993 (39 %)61.0 %
Glarus7'043 (61 %)4'546 (39 %)45.2 %
Zug22'457 (55 %)18'367 (45 %)57.9 %
Fribourg41'249 (49 %)43'612 (51 %)47.3 %
Solothurn54'349 (58 %)39'158 (42 %)55.0 %
Basel-Stadt27'231 (43 %)35'570 (57 %)56.2 %
Basel-Landschaft50'595 (53 %)43'988 (47 %)51.8 %
Schaffhausen18'054 (56 %)13'992 (44 %)67.9 %
Appenzell Ausserrhoden11'867 (56 %)9'314 (44 %)57.4 %
Appenzell Innerrhoden3'632 (66 %)1'899 (34 %)50.6 %
St. Gallen97'104 (60 %)65'892 (40 %)53.7 %
Graubünden31'277 (53 %)28'226 (47 %)45.5 %
Aargau118'257 (57 %)88'155 (43 %)52.9 %
Thurgau48'455 (61 %)30'802 (39 %)51.5 %
Ticino58'243 (61 %)36'754 (39 %)46.1 %
Vaud86'568 (42 %)120'552 (58 %)51.9 %
Valais54'920 (52 %)51'154 (48 %)54.3 %
Neuchâtel22'536 (44 %)28'715 (56 %)47.8 %
Geneva55'973 (44 %)70'548 (56 %)54.3 %
Jura8'858 (43 %)11'883 (57 %)42.1 %

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.