What was the result of the vote “Amendment to the Reproductive Medicine Act (RMA)”?

#	Municipality	Yes share	Canton
1	Tartegnin	93.8%	VD
2	Sergey	93.6%	VD
3	Tannay	93.3%	VD
4	Bettens	92.9%	VD
5	Aclens	92.8%	VD
6	Romanel-sur-Morges	92.7%	VD
7	Founex	92.4%	VD
8	Goumoëns	92.3%	VD
9	Treytorrens	92.0%	VD
10	Lussery-Villars	91.9%	VD

Result by district

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

NoYesNo result

Strongest yes by district

BFS

District de Lavaux-Oron VD87.0%

District du Gros-de-Vaud VD86.4%

District de Nyon VD86.4%

District de Morges VD85.9%

District de l'Ouest lausannois VD85.3%

Strongest no by district

BFS

Bezirk Raron VS59.3%

Wahlkreis Entlebuch LU58.3%

Bezirk Unterklettgau SH57.8%

Bezirk Goms VS56.1%

Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental BE55.3%

Result by district

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

#	District	Yes share	Canton
1	District de Lavaux-Oron	87.0%	VD
2	District du Gros-de-Vaud	86.4%	VD
3	District de Nyon	86.4%	VD
4	District de Morges	85.9%	VD
5	District de l'Ouest lausannois	85.3%	VD
6	District de Lausanne	85.2%	VD
7	District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut	84.1%	VD
8	District d'Aigle	83.8%	VD
9	District de la Broye-Vully	83.7%	VD
10	District du Jura-Nord vaudois	83.1%	VD

Strongest yes by canton

BFS

Vaud85.0%

Geneva81.5%

Neuchâtel74.3%

Jura70.1%

Fribourg67.9%

Strongest no by canton

BFS

Appenzell Ausserrhoden50.5%

Appenzell Innerrhoden50.3%

Obwalden50.3%

Uri49.3%

Schaffhausen47.0%

Result by canton

#	Canton	Yes share	Turnout	Municipalities
1	Vaud	85.0%	51.5%	300
2	Geneva	81.5%	57.1%	45
3	Neuchâtel	74.3%	55.6%	24
4	Jura	70.1%	39.6%	51
5	Fribourg	67.9%	43.5%	119
6	Zurich	63.1%	49.8%	160
7	Zug	61.7%	51.3%	11
8	Basel-City	60.5%	56.0%	3
9	Basel-Landschaft	60.2%	45.3%	86
10	Valais	60.0%	50.5%	122
11	Aargau	57.9%	44.5%	196
12	Ticino	57.8%	50.5%	100
13	Glarus	57.6%	37.2%	3
14	Lucerne	57.3%	45.1%	79
15	Bern	56.3%	42.8%	327
16	Solothurn	56.1%	45.7%	104
17	Nidwalden	55.2%	49.0%	11
18	Grisons	54.8%	41.9%	100
19	St. Gallen	54.5%	43.4%	75
20	Schwyz	53.7%	47.0%	30
21	Thurgau	53.3%	44.3%	80
22	Schaffhausen	53.0%	67.9%	26
23	Uri	50.7%	36.8%	19
24	Obwalden	49.7%	48.8%	7
25	Appenzell Innerrhoden	49.7%	38.4%	5
26	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	49.5%	48.9%	20

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 2015 6301

Text put to the vote on Fedlex (BBl 2015 6301, German)

Source: Fedlex, BBl 2015 6301 — official text

Frequently asked questions

What was the result of the vote “Amendment to the Reproductive Medicine Act (RMA)”?: On 05.06.2016, “Amendment to the Reproductive Medicine Act (RMA)” was accepted with 1'490'417 yes and 897'318 no. Turnout was 46.7%.
How did the cantons vote on “Amendment to the Reproductive Medicine Act (RMA)”?: The strongest yes came from Vaud (85.0%), the strongest no from Appenzell Ausserrhoden (49.5%).
Was “Amendment to the Reproductive Medicine Act (RMA)” accepted?: “Amendment to the Reproductive Medicine Act (RMA)” was accepted nationwide on 05.06.2016.