Initiative «Stop the unconstrained building of secondary residences»

Popular vote of Mar 11, 2012 · Popular initiative · No. 555Initiative populaire «Pour en finir avec les constructions envahissantes de résidences secondaires»

The people and the cantons accepted the proposal.

Yes share
50.6 %
Cantons
14 : 10
Turnout
45.2 %
Yes
1'152'598 (51 %)
No
1'123'802 (49 %)
Eligible voters
5'139'055

What was voted on

Recommendations

Federal Council
No
Parliament
No
Final vote, Council of States
10 (26 %) : 29 (74 %)
Recommend yes
SD, EVP, Grüne, PdA, SP
Recommend no
BDP, CVP, EDU, FDP, FPS, GLP, KVP, SVP
Free vote
UCSP
Associations
Recommend no: economiesuisse, Bauernverband, Gewerbeverband

By canton

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AreaYesNoTurnout
Zurich192'685 (52 %)174'421 (48 %)42.3 %
Bern159'106 (55 %)130'503 (45 %)41.1 %
Lucerne55'272 (47 %)61'693 (53 %)45.7 %
Uri4'895 (39 %)7'775 (61 %)49.8 %
Schwyz21'230 (43 %)28'357 (57 %)50.7 %
Obwalden5'535 (41 %)7'819 (59 %)54.4 %
Nidwalden6'000 (42 %)8'302 (58 %)48.4 %
Glarus4'008 (48 %)4'270 (52 %)32.1 %
Zug15'773 (45 %)19'392 (55 %)49.2 %
Fribourg44'908 (51 %)43'490 (49 %)48.4 %
Solothurn38'715 (56 %)30'147 (44 %)40.1 %
Basel-Stadt30'857 (62 %)18'788 (38 %)44.3 %
Basel-Landschaft45'327 (57 %)34'545 (43 %)43.7 %
Schaffhausen16'973 (57 %)12'655 (43 %)63.4 %
Appenzell Ausserrhoden9'207 (56 %)7'242 (44 %)44.0 %
Appenzell Innerrhoden1'901 (47 %)2'161 (53 %)36.6 %
St. Gallen72'404 (52 %)67'743 (48 %)45.5 %
Graubünden25'022 (43 %)33'622 (57 %)43.9 %
Aargau78'444 (51 %)76'575 (49 %)39.3 %
Thurgau31'076 (53 %)27'965 (47 %)37.7 %
Ticino43'370 (46 %)50'889 (54 %)45.4 %
Vaud110'157 (53 %)99'175 (47 %)51.9 %
Valais31'909 (26 %)90'087 (74 %)60.3 %
Neuchâtel27'343 (55 %)22'072 (45 %)45.9 %
Geneva69'218 (56 %)54'479 (44 %)53.8 %
Jura11'263 (54 %)9'635 (46 %)42.3 %

Municipalities in Nidwalden

AreaYesNoTurnout
Beckenried587 (47 %)658 (53 %)51.6 %
Buochs793 (41 %)1'145 (59 %)52.7 %
Dallenwil258 (44 %)331 (56 %)44.9 %
Emmetten142 (40 %)213 (60 %)39.0 %
Ennetbürgen617 (38 %)987 (62 %)49.0 %
Ennetmoos281 (44 %)361 (56 %)43.2 %
Hergiswil (NW)713 (38 %)1'145 (62 %)48.4 %
Oberdorf (NW)462 (43 %)615 (57 %)48.5 %
Stans1'259 (46 %)1'491 (54 %)48.1 %
Stansstad654 (40 %)961 (60 %)49.7 %
Wolfenschiessen234 (37 %)395 (63 %)42.8 %

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.