Tie-breaker question on the Expulsion Initiative and the counter-proposal

Popular vote of Nov 28, 2010 · Tie-break question · No. 552.3Question subsidiaire sur l'initiative «Pour le renvoi des étrangers criminels (Initiative sur le renvoi)» et le contre-projet («Arrêté fédéral concernant l'expulsion et le renvoi des criminels étrangers dans le respect de la Constitution»)

The tie-break question was moot: neither text was accepted.

Share for the initiative
49.6 %
Cantons
15 : 8
Turnout
52.9 %
For the initiative
1'252'761 (50 %)
For the counter-proposal
1'271'365 (50 %)
Eligible voters
5'084'053

What was voted on

Recommendations

Federal Council
Prefer the counter-proposal
Parliament
Prefer the counter-proposal
Final vote, National Council
82 (47 %) : 92 (53 %)
Final vote, Council of States
5 (16 %) : 26 (84 %)
Prefer the initiative
SD, EDU, FPS, SVP, Lega
Prefer the counter-proposal
BDP, CVP, EVP, FDP, GLP, KVP, SP
Associations
Prefer the counter-proposal: Arbeitgeberverband, SBK, Gewerkschaftsbund, Travail.Suisse

By canton

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AreaYesNoTurnout
Aargau107'293 (54 %)92'831 (46 %)52.9 %
Appenzell Innerrhoden3'275 (61 %)2'056 (39 %)50.6 %
Appenzell Ausserrhoden10'780 (53 %)9'695 (47 %)57.4 %
Bern170'489 (50 %)168'330 (50 %)50.8 %
Basel-Landschaft45'385 (50 %)45'973 (50 %)51.8 %
Basel-Stadt23'589 (40 %)35'684 (60 %)56.2 %
Fribourg35'866 (45 %)43'578 (55 %)47.3 %
Geneva47'464 (41 %)68'812 (59 %)54.3 %
Glarus6'483 (58 %)4'677 (42 %)45.2 %
Graubünden28'536 (50 %)28'279 (50 %)45.5 %
Jura7'825 (40 %)11'771 (60 %)42.1 %
Lucerne71'740 (52 %)65'902 (48 %)57.2 %
Neuchâtel19'798 (41 %)28'733 (59 %)47.8 %
Nidwalden10'072 (58 %)7'217 (42 %)61.0 %
Obwalden7'834 (57 %)5'847 (43 %)58.5 %
St. Gallen88'254 (56 %)69'156 (44 %)53.7 %
Schaffhausen16'494 (54 %)14'248 (46 %)67.9 %
Solothurn49'714 (55 %)40'879 (45 %)55.0 %
Schwyz34'115 (63 %)19'889 (37 %)57.9 %
Thurgau43'947 (58 %)32'393 (42 %)51.5 %
Ticino51'993 (57 %)39'011 (43 %)46.1 %
Uri7'157 (59 %)5'010 (41 %)49.4 %
Vaud77'125 (39 %)120'057 (61 %)51.9 %
Valais47'832 (48 %)50'940 (52 %)54.3 %
Zug20'123 (51 %)19'454 (49 %)57.9 %
Zurich219'578 (48 %)240'943 (52 %)55.8 %

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.