Initiative «Against mass immigration»

Popular vote of Feb 9, 2014 · Popular initiative · No. 580Initiative populaire «Contre l'immigration de masse»

The people and the cantons accepted the proposal.

Yes share
50.3 %
Cantons
15 : 9
Turnout
56.6 %
Yes
1'463'854 (50 %)
No
1'444'552 (50 %)
Eligible voters
5'211'681

What was voted on

Recommendations

Federal Council
No
Parliament
No
Final vote, National Council
140 (72 %) : 54 (28 %), 1 (1 %) abstention
Final vote, Council of States
5 (12 %) : 37 (88 %)
Recommend yes
SD, EDU, FPS, MCG, SVP
Recommend no
BDP, CVP, EVP, FDP, GLP, Grüne, KVP, PdA, SP, UCSP
Associations
Recommend no: economiesuisse, KdK, Arbeitgeberverband, Bauernverband, Gewerkschaftsbund, Gewerbeverband, Travail.Suisse

By canton

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AreaYesNoTurnout
Zurich239'139 (47 %)265'973 (53 %)57.1 %
Bern200'025 (51 %)191'661 (49 %)54.8 %
Lucerne80'523 (53 %)70'414 (47 %)57.6 %
Uri7'595 (58 %)5'462 (42 %)50.2 %
Schwyz38'500 (63 %)22'542 (37 %)60.8 %
Obwalden8'983 (59 %)6'212 (41 %)60.4 %
Nidwalden10'693 (59 %)7'482 (41 %)60.6 %
Glarus7'824 (59 %)5'350 (41 %)50.9 %
Zug22'257 (50 %)22'307 (50 %)61.1 %
Fribourg51'172 (48 %)54'383 (52 %)56.0 %
Solothurn52'934 (55 %)44'030 (45 %)55.6 %
Basel-Stadt24'941 (39 %)39'007 (61 %)56.8 %
Basel-Landschaft51'177 (51 %)49'876 (49 %)55.0 %
Schaffhausen19'994 (58 %)14'401 (42 %)70.5 %
Appenzell Ausserrhoden11'890 (54 %)9'969 (46 %)57.8 %
Appenzell Innerrhoden3'709 (63 %)2'134 (37 %)52.4 %
St. Gallen97'218 (56 %)76'547 (44 %)55.5 %
Graubünden35'721 (51 %)34'889 (49 %)52.7 %
Aargau123'390 (55 %)100'001 (45 %)55.2 %
Thurgau49'920 (58 %)36'418 (42 %)53.7 %
Ticino82'652 (68 %)38'589 (32 %)57.1 %
Vaud93'050 (39 %)146'227 (61 %)58.0 %
Valais61'821 (48 %)66'123 (52 %)61.5 %
Neuchâtel23'735 (39 %)36'668 (61 %)55.4 %
Geneva53'545 (39 %)83'354 (61 %)57.4 %
Jura11'446 (44 %)14'533 (56 %)51.3 %

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.