Skip to main content
Obwalden · 07.03.2021

Popular initiative ‘Yes to a ban on full facial coverings’

56.2% YesNo 43.8%
Yes
56.2%
Turnout
53.9%Switzerland 53.2%
This canton’s Standesstimme
counted as a yesand counts as a half (BV Art. 142)

← All of this voteAll votes in Obwalden

Compared with Switzerland

BFS

Obwalden was 5 points more in favour than the national result

Rank 7 of 26 cantons by yes share

Municipalities in Obwalden

yes share per municipality
NoYesNo result

Strongest yes in Obwalden

BFS
Kerns61.5%
Lungern59.3%
Giswil58.7%
Alpnach57.8%
Engelberg55.1%

Strongest no in Obwalden

BFS
Sachseln48.4%
Sarnen46.3%
Engelberg45.0%
Alpnach42.2%
Giswil41.3%

Result by municipality in canton Obwalden

Top 10
#MunicipalityYes share
1Kerns61.5%
2Lungern59.3%
3Giswil58.7%
4Alpnach57.8%
5Engelberg55.1%
6Sarnen53.7%
7Sachseln51.6%

Result by district

yes share per district — the district figures BFS publishes; cantons without districts stay neutral
NoYesNo result

Nearby cantons

BFS
Nidwalden56.1%
Lucerne50.5%
Uri58.8%
Zug50.4%
Schwyz60.2%
Bern49.5%

Nearest cantons by centroid, not strictly bordering.