What was the result of the vote “Popular initiative 'Unconditional basic income'”?

#	Municipality	Yes share	Canton
1	Schelten	48.3%	BE
2	Lajoux	47.3%	JU
3	Châtillon	44.4%	JU
4	Moiry	43.8%	VD
5	Fontenais	43.2%	JU
6	Geneva	41.7%	GE
7	Delémont	41.0%	JU
8	Bern	40.3%	BE
9	Carouge	39.8%	GE
10	Les Enfers	39.7%	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 ZH37.1%

District de Delémont JU35.8%

District des Franches-Montagnes JU35.0%

District de Moutier JU32.9%

District de Lausanne VD32.9%

Strongest no by district

BFS

Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen BE89.1%

Wahlkreis Entlebuch LU88.8%

Bezirk Visp VS88.4%

Wahlkreis Willisau LU87.2%

Bezirk Raron VS87.2%

Result by district

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

#	District	Yes share	Canton
1	Bezirk Zürich	37.1%	ZH
2	District de Delémont	35.8%	JU
3	District des Franches-Montagnes	35.0%	JU
4	District de Moutier	32.9%	JU
5	District de Lausanne	32.9%	VD
6	District de Porrentruy	32.3%	JU
7	Bezirk Solothurn	30.4%	SO
8	Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois	29.6%	BE
9	Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne	29.6%	BE
10	District de la Sarine	29.5%	FR

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-City36.0%

Geneva34.7%

Jura34.3%

Neuchâtel31.2%

Zurich25.1%

Strongest no by canton

BFS

Appenzell Innerrhoden87.4%

Nidwalden86.8%

Obwalden86.2%

Schwyz86.1%

Uri84.5%

Result by canton

#	Canton	Yes share	Turnout	Municipalities
1	Basel-City	36.0%	56.0%	3
2	Geneva	34.7%	57.1%	45
3	Jura	34.3%	39.7%	51
4	Neuchâtel	31.2%	55.8%	24
5	Zurich	25.1%	50.2%	160
6	Vaud	24.7%	51.7%	300
7	Schaffhausen	24.5%	68.1%	26
8	Fribourg	24.1%	43.8%	119
9	Bern	23.7%	42.8%	327
10	Basel-Landschaft	22.9%	45.8%	86
11	Ticino	21.9%	50.5%	100
12	Solothurn	21.2%	45.9%	104
13	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	20.8%	49.6%	20
14	Thurgau	19.2%	44.5%	80
15	Valais	19.2%	50.6%	122
16	Aargau	18.8%	44.8%	196
17	St. Gallen	18.6%	43.9%	75
18	Glarus	18.2%	37.4%	3
19	Lucerne	18.0%	45.6%	79
20	Grisons	17.8%	42.6%	100
21	Zug	16.4%	51.8%	11
22	Uri	15.5%	37.2%	19
23	Schwyz	13.9%	47.4%	30
24	Obwalden	13.8%	49.1%	7
25	Nidwalden	13.2%	49.3%	11
26	Appenzell Innerrhoden	12.6%	38.4%	5

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 9553

Text put to the vote on Fedlex (BBl 2015 9553, German)

Source: Fedlex, BBl 2015 9553 — official text

Frequently asked questions

What was the result of the vote “Popular initiative 'Unconditional basic income'”?: On 05.06.2016, “Popular initiative 'Unconditional basic income'” was rejected with 568'660 yes and 1'897'528 no. Turnout was 47.0%.
How did the cantons vote on “Popular initiative 'Unconditional basic income'”?: The strongest yes came from Basel-City (36.0%), the strongest no from Appenzell Innerrhoden (12.6%).
Was “Popular initiative 'Unconditional basic income'” accepted?: “Popular initiative 'Unconditional basic income'” was rejected nationwide on 05.06.2016.