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Obwalden · 28.02.2016

Popular initiative 'For marriage and family - against the marriage penalty'

54.7% YesNo 45.3%
Yes
54.7%
Turnout
72.1%Switzerland 64.8%
This canton’s Standesstimme
counted as a yesand counts as a half (BV Art. 142)

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Obwalden was 5.5 points more in favour than the national result

Rank 4 of 26 cantons by yes share

Municipalities in Obwalden

yes share per municipality
NoYesNo result
Giswil57.7%
Alpnach56.7%
Kerns55.7%
Lungern55.6%
Sarnen53.3%
Sarnen46.7%
Lungern44.4%
Kerns44.3%
#MunicipalityYes share
1Giswil57.7%
2Alpnach56.7%
3Kerns55.7%
4Lungern55.6%
5Sarnen53.3%
6Sachseln53.1%
7Engelberg52.4%

Result by district

yes share per district — the district figures BFS publishes; cantons without districts stay neutral
NoYesNo result
Lucerne50.8%
Uri50.9%
Zug51.6%
Schwyz54.5%
Bern46.1%

Nearest cantons by centroid, not strictly bordering.