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Wahlkreis Wil

St. Gallen

Wahlkreis Wil is one of 8 districts of the canton of St. Gallen and comprises 10 municipalities with 80'480 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.

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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Votes in Wahlkreis Wil

district results as published by BFS
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% Yes
34.2% YesNo 65.9%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes
61.0% YesNo 39.0%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes
53.0% YesNo 47.0%
14.06.2026Gesetz über Beiträge für familien- und schulergänzende KinderbetreuungCantonal SG● Accepted · 57.8% Yes
59.3% YesNo 40.7%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes
42.7% YesNo 57.3%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes
43.1% YesNo 56.9%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes
38.0% YesNo 62.0%
08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% Yes
73.9% YesNo 26.1%
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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP33.8% · strongest party
SVP33.8%
Mitte19.4%
FDP16.1%
SP11.8%
GRÜNE8.8%
GLP4.9%
Übrige1.9%
EVP1.8%
EDU1.2%
SD0.2%
Zuzwil (SG)
77 %
median of its municipalities
116.5 %
Degersheim
138 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 77 % % in Zuzwil (SG) to 138 % % in Degersheim (median 116.5 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 11.8 % in Zuzwil (SG) to 15.1 % in Degersheim (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.88 %
Dwellings
37'373
Avg. rooms
4
Built before 1946
19.5%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
+573 +0.7%
births
767
deaths
632
net migration
+442
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
41'131
Workplaces
5'280
Services share
63.9 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 1'429 (3.5%) · Secondary 13'415 (32.6%) · Tertiary 26'287 (63.9%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
448
Organic share
12.3 %
Farmland
8'750 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
8.9 °C
Precipitation
1'151 mm
Elevation
471–1'051 m
Flat share
52.4%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
614 GWh
Electricity
30.9 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
87 min
Road to centre
58 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (25.883–45.817 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

Map

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Which municipalities belong to Wahlkreis Wil?
Wahlkreis Wil comprises 10 municipalities: Wil, Uzwil, Flawil, Oberuzwil, Zuzwil, Oberbüren, Degersheim, Jonschwil, Niederhelfenschwil, Niederbüren. Together they have 80'480 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Wahlkreis Wil in?
Wahlkreis Wil lies in the canton of St. Gallen, which is divided into 8 districts.
How many people live in Wahlkreis Wil?
Wahlkreis Wil has 80'480 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 10 municipalities; the largest is Wil with 25'444.
Does Wahlkreis Wil have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Wahlkreis Wil the municipal rate ranges from 77 % (Zuzwil (SG)) to 138 % (Degersheim).
How did Wahlkreis Wil vote in the latest federal vote?
On 27.09.2026, Wahlkreis Wil voted 23.1 % yes on “Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'” (Rejected) — the district figure BFS publishes.

Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.