Initiative «Replace VAT with an energy tax»

Popular vote of Mar 8, 2015 · Popular initiative · No. 591Initiative populaire «Remplacer la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée par une taxe sur l'énergie»

The proposal was rejected.

Yes share
8.0 %
Cantons
0 : 23
Turnout
42.1 %
Yes
175'405 (8 %)
No
2'010'326 (92 %)
Eligible voters
5'254'965

What was voted on

Recommendations

Federal Council
No
Parliament
No
Final vote, National Council
171 (86 %) : 27 (14 %)
Final vote, Council of States
40 (89 %) : 3 (7 %), 2 (4 %) abstentions
Recommend yes
GLP, Grüne
Recommend no
SD, BDP, CVP, EDU, EVP, FDP, FPS, KVP, MCG, PdA, SP, SVP, Lega, UCSP

By canton

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AreaYesNoTurnout
Zurich39'793 (11 %)326'621 (89 %)40.9 %
Bern23'844 (9 %)255'457 (91 %)38.8 %
Lucerne10'099 (8 %)109'893 (92 %)45.0 %
Uri552 (6 %)8'651 (94 %)35.3 %
Schwyz2'697 (6 %)41'031 (94 %)43.1 %
Obwalden674 (6 %)10'681 (94 %)44.4 %
Nidwalden927 (6 %)14'485 (94 %)50.9 %
Glarus557 (6 %)8'154 (94 %)33.4 %
Zug2'614 (8 %)31'912 (92 %)46.7 %
Fribourg4'888 (6 %)81'799 (94 %)45.0 %
Solothurn5'149 (7 %)63'733 (93 %)39.2 %
Basel-Stadt6'712 (14 %)41'206 (86 %)42.8 %
Basel-Landschaft5'696 (8 %)61'331 (92 %)36.2 %
Schaffhausen3'364 (11 %)27'584 (89 %)65.0 %
Appenzell Ausserrhoden1'463 (8 %)16'877 (92 %)48.1 %
Appenzell Innerrhoden215 (5 %)3'957 (95 %)36.8 %
St. Gallen9'727 (7 %)122'873 (93 %)42.0 %
Graubünden3'473 (7 %)46'549 (93 %)37.1 %
Aargau12'608 (8 %)150'459 (92 %)39.9 %
Thurgau5'631 (8 %)65'995 (92 %)44.0 %
Ticino5'820 (7 %)80'483 (93 %)40.1 %
Vaud10'792 (6 %)179'164 (94 %)45.2 %
Valais3'970 (4 %)96'844 (96 %)47.7 %
Neuchâtel2'679 (6 %)42'734 (94 %)41.3 %
Geneva10'291 (9 %)103'219 (91 %)47.2 %
Jura1'170 (6 %)18'634 (94 %)38.5 %

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.