Aren't these just small villages with random results?

No. That is why only municipalities of at least 1,000 residents are counted, and the leaders diverge not narrowly but sharply — on average about 20 percentage points from the 50% line, and systematically in the same direction (they reject what Switzerland accepts). That is a real political pattern, not the statistical noise of a few ballots.

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National ranking · Data 2015–2026 · Source: BFS

The municipalities that most often vote against the national result

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Unteriberg (SZ) most often ends up on the opposite side of the national result: on 45% of all federal ballot proposals (2015–2026) its own majority differed from Switzerland. Next are Vorderthal (43%) and Muotathal (40%). Only municipalities of at least 1,000 residents count — in tiny municipalities, genuine political independence could not be told apart from the random swing of a handful of ballots. Source: FSO.

Top 100

BFS · 2015–2026

Rank	Municipality	Divergence	Canton	Residents
1	Unteriberg	45%	SZ	2'524
2	Vorderthal	43%	SZ	1'032
3	Muotathal	40%	SZ	3'604
4	St. Stephan	38%	BE	1'316
5	Buchholterberg	38%	BE	1'584
6	Rüschegg	37%	BE	1'728
7	Rothenthurm	37%	SZ	2'604
8	Urnäsch	37%	AR	2'382
9	Hasle	36.4%	LU	1'841
10	Sattel	36%	SZ	2'097
11	Gontenschwil	36%	AG	2'249
12	Boltigen	35%	BE	1'258
13	Unterlangenegg	35%	BE	1'069
14	Lauerz	35%	SZ	1'165
15	St. Silvester	35%	FR	1'062
16	Schmiedrued	35%	AG	1'145
17	Lausanne	35%	VD	145'596
18	Fischenthal	34%	ZH	2'697
19	Linden	34%	BE	1'272
20	Diemtigen	34%	BE	2'307
21	Röthenbach im Emmental	34%	BE	1'221
22	Nesslau	34%	SG	3'937
23	Roveredo	34%	GR	2'711
24	Birwinken	33.3%	TG	1'452
25	Bern	33%	BE	138'562
26	Guggisberg	33%	BE	1'487
27	Escholzmatt-Marbach	33%	LU	4'587
28	Emmetten	33%	NW	1'691
29	Schwellbrunn	33%	AR	1'543
30	Neckertal	33%	SG	6'446
31	Dürrenäsch	33%	AG	1'393
32	La Chaux-de-Fonds	33%	NE	37'858
33	Adelboden	32%	BE	3'438
34	Erlenbach im Simmental	32%	BE	1'709
35	Eggiwil	32%	BE	2'438
36	Eriswil	32%	BE	1'346
37	Flühli	32%	LU	1'918
38	Reichenburg	32%	SZ	4'142
39	Wolfhalden	32%	AR	1'913
40	Eichberg	32%	SG	1'614
41	Flums	32%	SG	5'458
42	Schänis	32%	SG	4'213
43	Reitnau	32%	AG	1'663
44	Wäldi	32%	TG	1'179
45	Amlikon-Bissegg	32%	TG	1'423
46	Lema	32%	TI	2'667
47	Luthern	31.3%	LU	1'252
48	Centovalli	31.3%	TI	1'049
49	Bauma	31%	ZH	5'109
50	Biel/Bienne	31%	BE	57'462
51	Frutigen	31%	BE	7'136
52	Reichenbach im Kandertal	31%	BE	3'850
53	Beatenberg	31%	BE	1'210
54	Stocken-Höfen	31%	BE	1'020
55	Entlebuch	31%	LU	3'409
56	Tuggen	31%	SZ	3'491
57	Morschach	31%	SZ	1'402
58	Wahlen	31%	BL	1'653
59	Quarten	31%	SG	3'118
60	Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann	31%	SG	2'614
61	Luzein	31%	GR	1'706
62	Affeltrangen	31%	TG	2'890
63	Wuppenau	31%	TG	1'215
64	Homburg	31%	TG	1'597
65	Bussnang	31%	TG	2'599
66	Serravalle	31%	TI	2'052
67	Vevey	31%	VD	20'147
68	Saas-Grund	31%	VS	1'043
69	Staffelbach	30.3%	AG	1'398
70	Lommis	30.3%	TG	1'355
71	Hagenbuch	30%	ZH	1'168
72	Affoltern im Emmental	30%	BE	1'224
73	Dürrenroth	30%	BE	1'075
74	Werthenstein	30%	LU	2'161
75	Attinghausen	30%	UR	1'781
76	Matzendorf	30%	SO	1'439
77	Oberriet	30%	SG	9'417
78	Benken	30%	SG	3'119
79	Lütisburg	30%	SG	1'647
80	Niederbüren	30%	SG	1'571
81	Erlen	30%	TG	4'028
82	Hauptwil-Gottshaus	30%	TG	2'121
83	Tresa	30%	TI	3'147
84	Sembrancher	30%	VS	1'113
85	St. Niklaus	30%	VS	2'347
86	Geneva	30%	GE	211'152
87	Hallwil	29.6%	AG	1'040
88	Plasselb	29.3%	FR	1'099
89	Tobel-Tägerschen	29.3%	TG	1'751
90	Grindelwald	29%	BE	3'942
91	Wimmis	29%	BE	2'732
92	Wattenwil	29%	BE	3'219
93	Wyssachen	29%	BE	1'125
94	Hergiswil bei Willisau	29%	LU	1'934
95	Einsiedeln	29%	SZ	16'667
96	Gonten	29%	AI	1'480
97	Schlatt-Haslen	29%	AI	1'091
98	Ebnat-Kappel	29%	SG	5'353
99	Mosnang	29%	SG	2'936
100	Bütschwil-Ganterschwil	29%	SG	5'385

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2015–2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 03.08.2026

And the Swiss abroad?

BFS · 2015–2026

Only 12 of the 26 cantons report their expatriates separately — so no national Swiss-abroad figure can be derived from this. These blocs are not municipalities and do not appear in the ranking above.

In exactly these 12 cantons the Swiss abroad show the mirror image of the rural leaders: 12 of 12 blocs voted on average more in favour (yes) than Switzerland. Geneva diverged from the national result most often (29%).

Swiss abroad (canton)	Divergence	Avg vs CH
Geneva GE	29%	+6.4
Appenzell Innerrhoden AI	23.2%	+6.6
Basel-City BS	23%	+7.6
Fribourg FR	23%	+10
Vaud VD	21%	+8.8
Lucerne LU	20%	+7.2
Zurich ZH	20%	+7.4
Uri UR	19%	+6.6
Aargau AG	18%	+7.2
St. Gallen SG	16%	+6.1
Thurgau TG	16%	+7
Valais VS	16%	+8.3

How we measure this

BFS

Share of federal ballot proposals (2015–2026) on which the municipality's own majority landed on the opposite side of the Swiss-wide result (yes vs no). Based on the FSO ballot results across every proposal in the period; only municipalities that took part in at least 50 proposals are ranked. Municipal ties (exactly 50%) count neither for nor against. Only municipalities of at least 1,000 residents appear: in very small municipalities a few votes can flip the majority, so genuine political distinctiveness could not be reliably separated from chance. The top ranks are nonetheless not an artefact — the municipalities involved diverge deeply (around 20 percentage points) and in a consistent direction, not narrowly and at random.

Frequently asked questions

Aren't these just small villages with random results?: No. That is why only municipalities of at least 1,000 residents are counted, and the leaders diverge not narrowly but sharply — on average about 20 percentage points from the 50% line, and systematically in the same direction (they reject what Switzerland accepts). That is a real political pattern, not the statistical noise of a few ballots.