Initiative for a ban on full facial coverings

Popular vote of Mar 7, 2021 · Popular initiative · No. 638Initiative populaire «Oui à l’interdiction de se dissimuler le visage»

The people and the cantons accepted the proposal.

Yes share
51.2 %
Cantons
18 : 5
Turnout
51.4 %
Yes
1'427'344 (51 %)
No
1'360'750 (49 %)
Eligible voters
5'496'858

What was voted on

Recommendations

Federal Council
No
Parliament
No
Final vote, Council of States
36 (80 %) : 7 (16 %), 2 (4 %) abstentions
Recommend yes
SD, EDU, SVP, Lega
Recommend no
FDP, GLP, Grüne, KVP, PdA, SP, Die Mitte
Free vote
EVP
Associations
Recommend no: SBK, Städteverband, VPOD, Travail.Suisse

By canton

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AreaYesNoTurnout
Zurich221'559 (45 %)269'275 (55 %)51.9 %
Bern180'071 (50 %)183'090 (50 %)49.5 %
Lucerne72'223 (50 %)70'923 (50 %)51.6 %
Uri6'818 (59 %)4'774 (41 %)43.8 %
Schwyz34'632 (60 %)22'931 (40 %)54.3 %
Obwalden8'020 (56 %)6'238 (44 %)53.8 %
Nidwalden9'725 (56 %)7'615 (44 %)55.7 %
Glarus6'487 (53 %)5'649 (47 %)46.1 %
Zug23'413 (50 %)23'015 (50 %)59.7 %
Fribourg63'409 (56 %)50'069 (44 %)55.1 %
Solothurn48'765 (53 %)44'008 (47 %)51.6 %
Basel-Stadt25'120 (41 %)36'738 (59 %)54.8 %
Basel-Landschaft48'755 (53 %)42'550 (47 %)49.3 %
Schaffhausen18'290 (52 %)16'731 (48 %)68.9 %
Appenzell Ausserrhoden9'657 (49 %)10'000 (51 %)50.8 %
Appenzell Innerrhoden3'176 (59 %)2'238 (41 %)45.7 %
St. Gallen82'946 (53 %)73'203 (47 %)48.2 %
Graubünden30'797 (50 %)31'294 (50 %)44.9 %
Aargau112'520 (54 %)97'372 (46 %)48.6 %
Thurgau44'703 (54 %)38'208 (46 %)48.3 %
Ticino60'352 (60 %)39'425 (40 %)45.4 %
Vaud128'221 (51 %)123'627 (49 %)55.9 %
Valais79'308 (58 %)56'765 (42 %)61.0 %
Neuchâtel26'470 (52 %)24'425 (48 %)45.8 %
Geneva67'813 (49 %)71'443 (51 %)52.7 %
Jura14'094 (61 %)9'144 (39 %)44.0 %

Municipalities in Appenzell Innerrhoden

AreaYesNoTurnout
Appenzell971 (57 %)723 (43 %)45.0 %
Gonten298 (63 %)178 (37 %)45.2 %
Schlatt-Haslen201 (59 %)140 (41 %)41.1 %
Oberegg408 (57 %)308 (43 %)50.7 %
Schwende-Rüte1'254 (60 %)838 (40 %)48.5 %
AI-Ausland-CH44 (46 %)51 (54 %)19.5 %

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.