Initiative «No speculation on food»

Popular vote of Feb 28, 2016 · Popular initiative · No. 598Volksinitiative «Keine Spekulation mit Nahrungsmitteln!»

Economy: Banks, stock exchanges, insurance

The proposal was rejected.

Yes 40.1 %1'287'786No 59.9 %1'925'937

2 cantons for22 cantons against

Turnout: 62.9 %
Eligible voters: 5'302'873
Blank ballots: 110'392
Invalid ballots: 12'063

The proposal

Type of proposal: Popular initiative, formulated draft
Also known as: Spekulationsstopp-Initiative
Department in charge: Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER)
Legislative period: 50th legislative period
Parliamentary business: Keine Spekulation mit Nahrungsmitteln. Volksinitiative (15.021)
In the Federal Gazette: Botschaft zur Volksinitiative «Keine Spekulation mit Nahrungsmitteln!», Mar 24, 2015, Bundesbeschluss über die Volksinitiative «Keine Spekulation mit Nahrungsmitteln!», Mar 24, 2015, Bundesbeschluss über die Volksinitiative «Keine Spekulation mit Nahrungsmitteln!», Oct 6, 2015

By canton

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Area	Yes	No	Turnout
Zurich	40.4 %231'366	59.6 %341'684	64.5 %
Bern	41.4 %179'297	58.6 %253'538	61.6 %
Lucerne	35.9 %63'263	64.1 %112'947	66.7 %
Uri	35.8 %6'249	64.2 %11'193	68.7 %
Schwyz	33.4 %22'848	66.6 %45'516	67.7 %
Obwalden	31.5 %5'591	68.5 %12'179	71.3 %
Nidwalden	30.8 %6'599	69.2 %14'792	72.6 %
Glarus	37.5 %5'480	62.5 %9'118	57.1 %
Zug	32.1 %16'272	67.9 %34'360	68.7 %
Fribourg	40.1 %47'349	59.9 %70'605	62.9 %
Solothurn	40.2 %44'438	59.8 %66'057	63.6 %
Basel-Stadt	50.4 %36'396	49.6 %35'765	66.6 %
Basel-Landschaft	40.4 %45'542	59.6 %67'073	62.1 %
Schaffhausen	44.0 %15'724	56.0 %20'044	75.7 %
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	38.4 %9'512	61.6 %15'247	65.1 %
Appenzell Innerrhoden	32.6 %2'152	67.4 %4'458	58.9 %
St. Gallen	37.3 %71'087	62.7 %119'423	61.1 %
Graubünden	38.1 %29'856	61.9 %48'589	59.3 %
Aargau	37.6 %96'211	62.4 %159'468	63.0 %
Thurgau	38.1 %36'548	61.9 %59'320	59.3 %
Ticino	41.8 %57'368	58.2 %80'021	68.0 %
Vaud	43.5 %110'222	56.5 %143'013	61.7 %
Valais	36.1 %47'208	63.9 %83'589	63.2 %
Neuchâtel	45.6 %27'544	54.4 %32'798	57.0 %
Geneva	45.5 %59'995	54.5 %71'747	55.4 %
Jura	50.5 %13'669	49.5 %13'393	54.5 %

Municipalities in Aargau

Area	Yes	No	Turnout
Aarau	43.6 %4'115	56.4 %5'328	69.3 %
Biberstein	38.6 %320	61.4 %509	74.1 %
Buchs (AG)	41.3 %1'087	58.7 %1'542	62.7 %
Densbüren	38.7 %138	61.3 %219	65.6 %
Erlinsbach (AG)	35.3 %661	64.7 %1'209	69.3 %
Gränichen	38.6 %1'140	61.4 %1'814	62.8 %
Hirschthal	34.3 %255	65.7 %489	66.5 %
Küttigen	40.2 %1'188	59.8 %1'767	72.5 %
Muhen	35.5 %578	64.5 %1'050	61.3 %
Oberentfelden	39.2 %1'136	60.8 %1'763	65.7 %
Suhr	42.4 %1'420	57.6 %1'932	63.3 %
Unterentfelden	36.6 %599	63.4 %1'038	66.3 %
Baden	42.5 %3'708	57.5 %5'025	67.3 %
Bellikon	34.1 %281	65.9 %543	73.0 %
Bergdietikon	29.0 %364	71.0 %890	69.3 %
Birmenstorf (AG)	34.0 %428	66.0 %829	67.5 %
Ennetbaden	39.9 %650	60.1 %981	76.8 %
Fislisbach	34.3 %700	65.7 %1'338	61.1 %
Freienwil	42.7 %197	57.3 %264	72.4 %
Gebenstorf	36.8 %710	63.2 %1'218	65.0 %
Killwangen	36.3 %267	63.7 %468	64.5 %
Künten	33.2 %239	66.8 %480	64.3 %
Mägenwil	33.9 %262	66.1 %510	62.1 %
Mellingen	36.2 %635	63.8 %1'119	60.5 %
Neuenhof	42.0 %835	58.0 %1'155	53.0 %
Niederrohrdorf	32.5 %533	67.5 %1'105	68.7 %
Oberrohrdorf	29.7 %576	70.3 %1'365	71.4 %
Obersiggenthal	37.4 %1'217	62.6 %2'040	68.6 %
Remetschwil	32.8 %317	67.2 %650	70.2 %
Spreitenbach	39.3 %837	60.7 %1'295	49.6 %
Stetten (AG)	32.4 %261	67.6 %544	59.5 %
Untersiggenthal	37.9 %1'033	62.1 %1'693	66.9 %
Wettingen	39.2 %3'144	60.8 %4'871	65.8 %
Wohlenschwil	38.2 %252	61.8 %407	65.8 %
Würenlingen	29.8 %516	70.2 %1'214	64.0 %
Würenlos	33.1 %889	66.9 %1'796	67.0 %
Ehrendingen	35.4 %687	64.6 %1'255	63.8 %
Arni (AG)	32.3 %284	67.7 %595	69.8 %
Berikon	33.9 %670	66.1 %1'304	66.0 %
Bremgarten (AG)	39.8 %1'252	60.2 %1'892	63.7 %
Büttikon	31.5 %129	68.5 %280	64.7 %
Dottikon	35.4 %426	64.6 %776	60.1 %
Eggenwil	34.2 %151	65.8 %291	69.8 %
Fischbach-Göslikon	32.6 %219	67.4 %452	62.4 %
Hägglingen	34.8 %363	65.2 %679	63.6 %
Jonen	34.1 %325	65.9 %629	70.4 %
Niederwil (AG)	34.6 %397	65.4 %749	63.0 %
Oberlunkhofen	33.8 %317	66.2 %621	70.0 %
Oberwil-Lieli	32.8 %384	67.2 %785	75.2 %
Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg	35.9 %574	64.1 %1'023	61.7 %
Sarmenstorf	34.4 %400	65.6 %764	61.0 %
Tägerig	39.0 %237	61.0 %371	65.3 %
Uezwil	38.3 %85	61.7 %137	66.8 %
Unterlunkhofen	33.5 %219	66.5 %434	68.9 %
Villmergen	35.6 %817	64.4 %1'481	57.8 %
Widen	32.3 %559	67.7 %1'173	69.4 %
Wohlen (AG)	39.7 %1'927	60.3 %2'928	61.0 %
Zufikon	35.9 %672	64.1 %1'198	66.6 %
Islisberg	34.1 %99	65.9 %191	71.0 %
Auenstein	34.5 %266	65.5 %506	67.2 %
Birr	41.2 %424	58.8 %606	55.2 %
Birrhard	42.2 %136	57.8 %186	65.0 %
Brugg	40.2 %2'246	59.8 %3'340	66.2 %
Habsburg	27.4 %63	72.6 %167	75.8 %
Hausen (AG)	34.5 %488	65.5 %927	65.2 %
Lupfig	35.2 %462	64.8 %851	66.4 %
Mandach	27.2 %41	72.8 %110	63.3 %
Mönthal	37.4 %71	62.6 %119	65.1 %
Mülligen	39.2 %172	60.8 %267	63.5 %
Remigen	33.7 %154	66.3 %303	64.6 %
Riniken	34.2 %232	65.8 %447	70.8 %
Rüfenach	38.6 %174	61.4 %277	74.1 %
Thalheim (AG)	35.8 %138	64.2 %247	62.4 %
Veltheim (AG)	37.3 %227	62.7 %381	64.2 %
Villigen	36.0 %297	64.0 %528	67.6 %
Windisch	44.1 %1'180	55.9 %1'494	64.7 %
Bözberg	35.4 %285	64.6 %520	69.0 %
Schinznach	35.8 %360	64.2 %646	65.7 %
Beinwil am See	40.3 %577	59.7 %855	66.2 %
Birrwil	33.5 %189	66.5 %375	66.2 %
Dürrenäsch	36.5 %206	63.5 %358	65.8 %
Gontenschwil	39.2 %334	60.8 %518	61.0 %
Holziken	29.3 %151	70.7 %364	57.3 %
Leimbach (AG)	35.3 %82	64.7 %150	69.5 %
Leutwil	35.4 %142	64.6 %259	69.3 %
Menziken	40.0 %825	60.0 %1'239	58.1 %
Oberkulm	38.1 %406	61.9 %660	63.7 %
Reinach (AG)	39.0 %872	61.0 %1'362	54.1 %
Schlossrued	40.2 %143	59.8 %213	58.9 %
Schmiedrued	41.2 %203	58.8 %290	57.9 %
Schöftland	38.8 %699	61.2 %1'101	62.7 %
Teufenthal (AG)	36.9 %212	63.1 %363	58.1 %
Unterkulm	37.8 %407	62.2 %671	64.0 %
Zetzwil	33.2 %199	66.8 %401	64.7 %
Eiken	43.0 %342	57.0 %454	56.2 %
Frick	37.4 %730	62.6 %1'221	61.2 %
Gansingen	32.2 %162	67.8 %341	64.7 %
Gipf-Oberfrick	36.0 %560	64.0 %997	64.6 %
Kaisten	39.8 %411	60.2 %621	58.9 %
Laufenburg	40.2 %484	59.8 %720	64.5 %
Münchwilen (AG)	37.3 %132	62.7 %222	61.3 %
Oberhof	46.2 %132	53.8 %154	69.6 %
Oeschgen	40.5 %155	59.5 %228	61.2 %
Schwaderloch	40.2 %100	59.8 %149	58.2 %
Sisseln	42.4 %202	57.6 %274	51.0 %
Wittnau	35.9 %198	64.1 %353	63.8 %
Wölflinswil	39.6 %185	60.4 %282	65.3 %
Zeihen	40.9 %202	59.1 %292	65.4 %
Mettauertal	40.6 %353	59.4 %517	63.4 %
Böztal	40.2 %444	59.8 %661	63.0 %
Herznach-Ueken	40.0 %419	60.0 %628	67.9 %
Ammerswil	35.9 %112	64.1 %200	66.8 %
Boniswil	37.9 %262	62.1 %430	70.9 %
Brunegg	31.7 %91	68.3 %196	63.2 %
Dintikon	33.5 %259	66.5 %515	61.0 %
Egliswil	37.2 %240	62.8 %405	67.3 %
Fahrwangen	37.1 %276	62.9 %468	59.7 %
Hallwil	35.4 %115	64.6 %210	61.2 %
Hendschiken	39.4 %180	60.6 %277	59.6 %
Holderbank (AG)	42.5 %151	57.5 %204	55.9 %
Hunzenschwil	35.7 %448	64.3 %807	55.9 %
Lenzburg	39.6 %1'436	60.4 %2'189	66.4 %
Meisterschwanden	32.4 %420	67.6 %876	66.8 %
Möriken-Wildegg	34.5 %632	65.5 %1'202	66.9 %
Niederlenz	39.5 %597	60.5 %914	59.3 %
Othmarsingen	36.6 %365	63.4 %631	61.8 %
Rupperswil	36.4 %751	63.6 %1'315	64.1 %
Schafisheim	41.7 %513	58.3 %716	64.7 %
Seengen	32.1 %578	67.9 %1'222	68.4 %
Seon	41.5 %798	58.5 %1'123	64.1 %
Staufen	36.1 %508	63.9 %900	71.2 %
Abtwil	33.1 %135	66.9 %273	64.3 %
Aristau	33.0 %207	67.0 %421	66.4 %
Auw	32.3 %221	67.7 %464	56.4 %
Beinwil (Freiamt)	33.7 %167	66.3 %328	67.0 %
Besenbüren	35.9 %106	64.1 %189	71.9 %
Bettwil	30.8 %82	69.2 %184	63.5 %
Boswil	32.6 %339	67.4 %701	57.4 %
Bünzen	35.2 %156	64.8 %287	63.5 %
Buttwil	37.2 %198	62.8 %334	64.8 %
Dietwil	33.1 %182	66.9 %368	64.5 %
Geltwil	36.9 %31	63.1 %53	63.5 %
Kallern	24.4 %40	75.6 %124	67.5 %
Merenschwand	33.0 %479	67.0 %971	66.9 %
Mühlau	38.4 %182	61.6 %292	65.8 %
Muri (AG)	37.0 %1'071	63.0 %1'825	61.6 %
Oberrüti	31.1 %210	68.9 %466	66.9 %
Rottenschwil	37.8 %149	62.2 %245	68.4 %
Sins	31.7 %562	68.3 %1'210	67.4 %
Waltenschwil	36.9 %454	63.1 %778	65.9 %
Hellikon	45.2 %170	54.8 %206	61.1 %
Kaiseraugst	40.8 %703	59.2 %1'019	54.6 %
Magden	34.7 %588	65.3 %1'106	65.8 %
Möhlin	37.1 %1'329	62.9 %2'252	56.1 %
Mumpf	40.4 %172	59.6 %254	54.2 %
Obermumpf	37.9 %165	62.1 %270	59.5 %
Olsberg	40.2 %72	59.8 %107	66.1 %
Rheinfelden	40.3 %1'732	59.7 %2'570	58.6 %
Schupfart	30.5 %109	69.5 %248	63.4 %
Stein (AG)	41.0 %346	59.0 %497	55.0 %
Wallbach	33.8 %275	66.2 %538	62.0 %
Wegenstetten	38.8 %172	61.2 %271	58.7 %
Zeiningen	34.0 %308	66.0 %597	58.9 %
Zuzgen	44.2 %159	55.8 %201	59.6 %
Aarburg	41.6 %823	58.4 %1'157	55.1 %
Bottenwil	38.7 %144	61.3 %228	63.6 %
Brittnau	38.4 %723	61.6 %1'158	69.2 %
Kirchleerau	32.3 %128	67.7 %268	66.2 %
Kölliken	42.5 %704	57.5 %954	60.3 %
Moosleerau	33.2 %130	66.8 %262	63.1 %
Murgenthal	36.8 %404	63.2 %694	58.0 %
Oftringen	38.6 %1'508	61.4 %2'397	55.1 %
Reitnau	36.9 %264	63.1 %452	69.6 %
Rothrist	36.1 %1'086	63.9 %1'922	55.5 %
Safenwil	38.3 %532	61.7 %857	57.7 %
Staffelbach	38.2 %183	61.8 %296	61.0 %
Strengelbach	40.7 %684	59.3 %995	61.5 %
Uerkheim	36.9 %232	63.1 %396	62.2 %
Vordemwald	38.2 %343	61.8 %554	64.7 %
Wiliberg	31.9 %29	68.1 %62	73.6 %
Zofingen	40.1 %2'086	59.9 %3'116	67.8 %
Böttstein	29.9 %361	70.1 %847	60.7 %
Döttingen	32.5 %371	67.5 %769	59.8 %
Endingen	35.4 %390	64.6 %713	68.4 %
Fisibach	40.0 %60	60.0 %90	60.2 %
Full-Reuenthal	34.2 %128	65.8 %246	64.7 %
Klingnau	33.1 %403	66.9 %816	61.9 %
Koblenz	42.4 %188	57.6 %255	55.8 %
Leibstadt	26.4 %121	73.6 %338	61.8 %
Lengnau (AG)	33.5 %377	66.5 %747	65.4 %
Leuggern	33.8 %318	66.2 %624	67.1 %
Mellikon	50.9 %56	49.1 %54	65.9 %
Schneisingen	34.9 %243	65.1 %453	71.0 %
Siglistorf	32.9 %80	67.1 %163	61.5 %
Tegerfelden	30.5 %152	69.5 %347	65.4 %
Zurzach	38.9 %976	61.1 %1'531	61.9 %
AG-Ausland-CH	39.4 %1'026	60.6 %1'575	30.9 %

In Parliament

Federal Council: No
Parliament: No

The councils vote on the federal decree, which recommends rejecting the initiative: a yes to the decree is a no to the initiative. The votes are counted here for and against the initiative.

Final vote, National Council · Roll call

58 yes30.1 %130 no67.4 %5 abstentions2.6 %

Final vote, Council of States · Roll call

11 yes25.6 %31 no72.1 %1 abstention2.3 %

Recommendations

Recommend yes: SD, EVP, Grüne, PdA, SP, UCSPGewerkschaftsbundWWF, Kleinbauern-Vereinigung, Bio Suisse, Swissaid
Recommend no: BDP, CVP, EDU, FDP, FPS, GLP, MCG, SVP, Legaeconomiesuisse, BauernverbandLDP BS, Bankiervereinigung, Föderation der Nahrungsmittelindustrien

From launch to ballot

Launched by: Juso
Valid signatures: 115'942 of 100'000 required (115.9 %)
Invalid signatures: 883
Collection time: 545 of 546 days, 213 signatures a day

Sep 11, 2012Pre-examination
Sep 25, 2012Collection started
Mar 24, 2014Submitted
Mar 25, 2014Collection deadline
Apr 17, 2014Declared valid
Feb 18, 2015Federal Council message
Sep 25, 2015Adopted by Parliament
Dec 8, 2015Vote called
Feb 28, 2016Popular vote
May 3, 2016Result validated

Campaign

Party strength

Yes29.0 %No68.6 %Other2.4 %

114 newspaper ads

Yes8No105Neutral1

Media reports: 138
Media tone: -20 (from −100 against to +100 for)
Yes posters: 1, 2, 3, 4

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Documents

Sources: Swissvotes, Federal Chancellery, Curia Vista, easyvote video, 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.