What was the result of the vote “Popular initiative 'Energy tax instead of VAT'”?

#	Municipality	Yes share	Canton
1	Bister	31.3%	VS
2	Locarno	26.7%	TI
3	Stettlen	21.1%	BE
4	Bonstetten	21.1%	ZH
5	Vallorbe	21.0%	VD
6	Fisibach	20.3%	AG
7	Gurtnellen	20.2%	UR
8	Niederhünigen	20.0%	BE
9	Rivaz	19.6%	VD
10	Les Enfers	19.1%	JU

Result by district

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

NoYesNo result

Strongest yes by district

BFS

Bezirk Zürich ZH16.7%

Wahlkreis Luzern-Stadt LU14.2%

Bezirk Solothurn SO12.9%

Bezirk Schaffhausen SH12.8%

Bezirk Winterthur ZH11.6%

Strongest no by district

BFS

District d'Entremont VS97.6%

District d'Hérens VS97.2%

District de Saint-Maurice VS97.0%

District de Conthey VS97.0%

District de Monthey VS96.6%

Result by district

District results as published by the FSO — top 10 yes / top 10 no

#	District	Yes share	Canton
1	Bezirk Zürich	16.7%	ZH
2	Wahlkreis Luzern-Stadt	14.2%	LU
3	Bezirk Solothurn	12.9%	SO
4	Bezirk Schaffhausen	12.8%	SH
5	Bezirk Winterthur	11.6%	ZH
6	Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland	11.2%	BE
7	Bezirk Affoltern	10.6%	ZH
8	Distretto di Locarno	9.8%	TI
9	Bezirk Uster	9.8%	ZH
10	Bezirk Aarau	9.8%	AG

How the cantons voted

yes share per municipality

This Vorlage needed a majority of the people AND a majority of the cantons. Six cantons count as a half (BV Art. 142).

0 of 23 cantons — Rejected

NoYesNo result

Strongest yes by canton

BFS

Basel-City14.0%

Zurich10.9%

Schaffhausen10.9%

Geneva9.1%

Bern8.6%

Strongest no by canton

BFS

Valais96.1%

Appenzell Innerrhoden94.8%

Fribourg94.4%

Vaud94.3%

Jura94.2%

Result by canton

#	Canton	Yes share	Turnout	Municipalities
1	Basel-City	14.0%	49.6%	3
2	Zurich	10.9%	43.7%	160
3	Schaffhausen	10.9%	66.5%	26
4	Geneva	9.1%	52.9%	45
5	Bern	8.6%	38.3%	327
6	Basel-Landschaft	8.5%	35.4%	86
7	Lucerne	8.4%	46.1%	79
8	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	8.0%	50.9%	20
9	Thurgau	7.9%	44.6%	80
10	Aargau	7.7%	40.6%	196
11	Zug	7.6%	47.0%	11
12	Solothurn	7.5%	40.6%	104
13	St. Gallen	7.3%	41.8%	75
14	Grisons	6.9%	37.9%	100
15	Ticino	6.7%	41.8%	100
16	Glarus	6.4%	33.8%	3
17	Schwyz	6.2%	42.5%	30
18	Uri	6.0%	35.3%	19
19	Nidwalden	6.0%	49.9%	11
20	Obwalden	5.9%	44.7%	7
21	Neuchâtel	5.9%	45.5%	24
22	Jura	5.8%	40.6%	51
23	Vaud	5.7%	50.1%	300
24	Fribourg	5.6%	46.7%	119
25	Appenzell Innerrhoden	5.2%	37.3%	5
26	Valais	3.9%	48.6%	122

Federal Council explanations

The Federal Council publishes its official explanations in German, French and Italian only; there is no English edition, and we do not translate them.

Source: Federal Council explanations (Federal Chancellery), chapter «» · Federal Council explanations (PDF, German)

Text put to the vote

BBl 2014 7217

Text put to the vote on Fedlex (BBl 2014 7217, German)

Source: Fedlex, BBl 2014 7217 — official text

Frequently asked questions

What was the result of the vote “Popular initiative 'Energy tax instead of VAT'”?: On 08.03.2015, “Popular initiative 'Energy tax instead of VAT'” was rejected with 175'405 yes and 2'010'326 no. Turnout was 43.5%.
How did the cantons vote on “Popular initiative 'Energy tax instead of VAT'”?: The strongest yes came from Basel-City (14.0%), the strongest no from Valais (3.9%).
Was “Popular initiative 'Energy tax instead of VAT'” accepted?: “Popular initiative 'Energy tax instead of VAT'” was rejected nationwide on 08.03.2015.