Article sur les langues

Popular vote of Mar 10, 1996 · Mandatory referendum · No. 425Arrêté fédéral concernant la révision de l'article constitutionnel sur les langues (art. 116 cst.)

The people and the cantons accepted the proposal.

Yes share
76.2 %
Cantons
23 : 0
Turnout
31.0 %
Yes
1'052'052 (76 %)
No
329'153 (24 %)
Eligible voters
4'599'427

What was voted on

Recommendations

Federal Council
Yes
Parliament
Yes
Final vote, National Council
152 (89 %) : 19 (11 %)
Final vote, Council of States
40 (100 %) : 0 (0 %)
Recommend yes
CVP, EDU, EVP, FDP, Grüne, LdU, LPS, PdA, SP, SVP
Recommend no
SD, FPS
No recommendation
Lega
Associations
Recommend yes: economiesuisse, Gewerkschaftsbund

By canton

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AreaYesNoTurnout
Zurich188'055 (80 %)48'421 (20 %)31.9 %
Bern150'473 (74 %)53'639 (26 %)30.9 %
Lucerne53'328 (72 %)21'207 (28 %)33.5 %
Uri6'789 (65 %)3'657 (35 %)43.4 %
Schwyz13'638 (66 %)6'922 (34 %)26.2 %
Obwalden3'974 (69 %)1'754 (31 %)27.8 %
Nidwalden7'135 (69 %)3'245 (31 %)42.1 %
Glarus7'456 (77 %)2'264 (23 %)40.7 %
Zug14'661 (73 %)5'540 (27 %)33.9 %
Fribourg50'850 (77 %)15'455 (23 %)46.2 %
Solothurn37'432 (74 %)13'096 (26 %)31.5 %
Basel-Stadt39'185 (81 %)8'979 (19 %)38.4 %
Basel-Landschaft37'786 (78 %)10'574 (22 %)28.6 %
Schaffhausen20'528 (76 %)6'536 (24 %)62.4 %
Appenzell Ausserrhoden8'186 (69 %)3'670 (31 %)34.2 %
Appenzell Innerrhoden1'784 (71 %)719 (29 %)25.9 %
St. Gallen62'448 (73 %)23'505 (27 %)31.0 %
Graubünden24'699 (68 %)11'472 (32 %)29.6 %
Aargau80'338 (72 %)31'500 (28 %)33.6 %
Thurgau30'775 (70 %)13'137 (30 %)33.2 %
Ticino52'080 (84 %)9'826 (16 %)34.1 %
Vaud51'528 (83 %)10'782 (17 %)17.7 %
Valais22'551 (75 %)7'368 (25 %)17.4 %
Neuchâtel19'102 (82 %)4'082 (18 %)23.4 %
Geneva55'735 (86 %)9'011 (14 %)32.4 %
Jura11'536 (81 %)2'792 (19 %)31.9 %

Municipalities in Appenzell Ausserrhoden

AreaYesNoTurnout
Herisau2'214 (69 %)999 (31 %)31.9 %
Hundwil112 (55 %)91 (45 %)30.8 %
Schönengrund78 (55 %)63 (45 %)44.6 %
Schwellbrunn189 (66 %)96 (34 %)28.7 %
Stein (AR)219 (65 %)120 (35 %)36.3 %
Urnäsch264 (62 %)160 (38 %)28.3 %
Waldstatt247 (65 %)134 (35 %)35.0 %
Bühler225 (67 %)113 (33 %)35.4 %
Gais443 (68 %)209 (32 %)35.4 %
Speicher728 (70 %)306 (30 %)37.9 %
Teufen (AR)907 (73 %)330 (27 %)32.8 %
Trogen454 (74 %)161 (26 %)52.4 %
Grub (AR)155 (78 %)43 (22 %)29.4 %
Heiden715 (70 %)306 (30 %)42.0 %
Lutzenberg127 (70 %)55 (30 %)23.7 %
Rehetobel316 (73 %)119 (27 %)37.8 %
Reute (AR)118 (67 %)57 (33 %)35.6 %
Wald (AR)130 (69 %)58 (31 %)35.8 %
Walzenhausen318 (70 %)135 (30 %)33.5 %
Wolfhalden227 (66 %)115 (34 %)27.7 %

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.