Constitutional article on complementary medicine

Popular vote of May 17, 2009 · Counter-proposal · No. 541Article constitutionnel «Pour la prise en compte des médecines complémentaires»

The people and the cantons accepted the proposal.

Yes share
67.0 %
Cantons
23 : 0
Turnout
38.8 %
Yes
1'283'894 (67 %)
No
631'560 (33 %)
Eligible voters
5'010'873

What was voted on

Recommendations

Federal Council
Yes
Parliament
Yes
Final vote, Council of States
41 (100 %) : 0 (0 %)
Recommend yes
SD, BDP, CVP, EVP, FDP, GLP, Grüne, PdA, SP, Lega, UCSP
Recommend no
EDU, FPS, KVP, SVP
Associations
Recommend yes: Gewerkschaftsbund, Gewerbeverband, Travail.SuisseRecommend no: economiesuisseFree vote: Bauernverband

By canton

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AreaYesNoTurnout
Zurich210'351 (62 %)126'945 (38 %)39.7 %
Bern166'997 (67 %)82'374 (33 %)35.8 %
Lucerne62'837 (65 %)33'738 (35 %)39.1 %
Uri5'953 (59 %)4'219 (41 %)40.3 %
Schwyz22'436 (59 %)15'560 (41 %)39.9 %
Obwalden5'354 (62 %)3'265 (38 %)36.4 %
Nidwalden7'203 (65 %)3'912 (35 %)38.1 %
Glarus4'021 (60 %)2'684 (40 %)26.3 %
Zug19'993 (65 %)10'823 (35 %)43.8 %
Fribourg41'607 (72 %)15'812 (28 %)32.5 %
Solothurn47'118 (66 %)24'266 (34 %)42.3 %
Basel-Stadt35'181 (68 %)16'340 (32 %)45.9 %
Basel-Landschaft53'594 (67 %)25'885 (33 %)43.7 %
Schaffhausen15'348 (57 %)11'608 (43 %)59.0 %
Appenzell Ausserrhoden11'103 (69 %)4'922 (31 %)43.3 %
Appenzell Innerrhoden2'139 (67 %)1'066 (33 %)29.9 %
St. Gallen63'844 (63 %)37'555 (37 %)33.5 %
Graubünden29'209 (66 %)14'747 (34 %)33.6 %
Aargau96'328 (62 %)59'439 (38 %)40.6 %
Thurgau39'449 (63 %)22'962 (37 %)41.3 %
Ticino43'742 (66 %)22'484 (34 %)32.4 %
Vaud129'312 (78 %)35'466 (22 %)41.9 %
Valais55'797 (74 %)19'999 (26 %)38.9 %
Neuchâtel32'427 (73 %)11'897 (27 %)41.8 %
Geneva71'971 (78 %)20'454 (22 %)40.4 %
Jura10'579 (77 %)3'138 (23 %)27.9 %

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.