Votes

Every federal popular vote since 1848, with results by canton and municipality, and every electronic vote in the National Council (since 2003) and the Council of States (since 2014), member by member.

Questions
719
Accepted
0
of 35 counted
Since
1848

Kind: All · Mandatory referendum · Optional referendum · Popular initiative · Counter-proposal · Tie-break question

Result: All · Accepted · Rejected

Policy area: All · State organisation · Foreign policy · Security policy · Economy · Agriculture · Public finance · Energy · Transport and infrastructure · Environment and living space · Social and societal policy · Education and research · Culture, religion and media

2026

Mar 8, 2026

Initiative «200 francs is enough!» (fees for public broadcasting)

Popular initiative

Rejected38.0 %
Climate Fund Initiative

Popular initiative

Rejected29.3 %

2025

Nov 30, 2025

Initiative «For a social climate policy (Initiative for a Future)»

Popular initiative

Rejected21.7 %

2021

Sep 26, 2021

«99% Initiative» (Initiative «Reduce tax on salaries, tax capital fairly»)

Popular initiative

Rejected35.1 %

2018

Mar 4, 2018

Initiative for the abolition of radio and television fees

Popular initiative

Rejected28.4 %

2016

Jun 5, 2016

Initiative «For fair transport funding»

Popular initiative

Rejected29.2 %

Feb 28, 2016

Initiative «No to the penalisation of marriage»

Popular initiative

Rejected49.2 %

2015

Jun 14, 2015

Initiative «Taxing multi-millionaire inheritances»

Popular initiative

Rejected29.0 %

Mar 8, 2015

Initiative for tax-free child allowances

Popular initiative

Rejected24.6 %
Initiative «Replace VAT with an energy tax»

Popular initiative

Rejected8.0 %

2014

Nov 30, 2014

Initiative for the abolition of lump-sum taxation

Popular initiative

Rejected40.8 %

Sep 28, 2014

Initiative «Stop the discriminatory VAT for the hospitality sector!»

Popular initiative

Rejected28.5 %

2013

Nov 24, 2013

Initiative «For families»

Popular initiative

Rejected41.5 %

2012

Sep 23, 2012

Initiative «Safe housing for the elderly»

Popular initiative

Rejected47.4 %

Jun 17, 2012

Initiative «Access to home ownership thanks to home savings»

Popular initiative

Rejected31.1 %

Mar 11, 2012

Initiative «For tax-privileged home savings»

Popular initiative

Rejected44.2 %

2010

Nov 28, 2010

Initiative «For equitable taxes»

Popular initiative

Rejected41.5 %

2001

Dec 2, 2001

Initiative «Taxer l'énergie et non le travail»

Popular initiative

Rejected22.9 %
Initiative «pour un impôt sur les gains en capital»

Popular initiative

Rejected34.1 %

2000

Sep 24, 2000

Initiative solaire

Popular initiative

Rejected31.8 %

1999

Feb 7, 1999

Initiative «Propriété du logement pour tous»

Popular initiative

Rejected41.3 %

1986

Dec 7, 1986

Initiative pour une redevance sur les poids lourds

Popular initiative

Rejected33.9 %

1984

May 20, 1984

Initiative «contre l'abus du secret bancaire et de la puissance des banques»

Popular initiative

Rejected27.0 %

1980

Mar 2, 1980

Initiative sur la «séparation complète de l'Etat et de l'Eglise»

Popular initiative

Rejected21.1 %

1977

Dec 4, 1977

Initiative «pour l'impôt sur la richesse»

Popular initiative

Rejected44.4 %

1976

Mar 21, 1976

Initiative «pour la réforme fiscale»

Popular initiative

Rejected42.2 %

1966

Oct 16, 1966

Initiative contre l'alcoolisme

Popular initiative

Rejected23.4 %

1952

May 18, 1952

Initiative «pour le financement des armements et pour la sauvegarde des conquêtes sociales»

Popular initiative

Rejected43.7 %

Apr 20, 1952

Initiative concernant les impôts sur le chiffre d'affaires

Popular initiative

Rejected19.0 %

1951

Jul 8, 1951

Initiative pour la participation des entreprises de droit public aux dépenses pour la défense nationale

Popular initiative

Rejected32.6 %

1929

May 12, 1929

Initiative concernant la circulation routière

Popular initiative

Rejected37.1 %

1925

May 24, 1925

Initiative pour une AVS/AI

Popular initiative

Rejected42.0 %

1922

Dec 3, 1922

Initiative pour un impôt unique sur la fortune

Popular initiative

Rejected13.0 %

1918

Jun 2, 1918

Initiative pour l'impôt fédéral direct

Popular initiative

Rejected45.9 %

1894

Nov 4, 1894

Customs revenue initiative

Popular initiative

Rejected29.3 %

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.