#	Municipality	Yes share	Canton
1	Bister	93.3%	VS
2	Campo (Vallemaggia)	73.3%	TI
3	Ferreyres	72.4%	VD
4	Courchapoix	70.3%	JU
5	Premier	69.1%	VD
6	Mettembert	68.9%	JU
7	Lajoux	68.5%	JU
8	Les Enfers	68.1%	JU
9	Lausanne	68.1%	VD
10	Coeuve	67.7%	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

District de Lausanne VD64.9%

Bezirk Zürich ZH59.9%

District de Delémont JU59.7%

District des Franches-Montagnes JU59.6%

District de l'Ouest lausannois VD57.2%

Strongest no by district

BFS

Bezirk Zurzach AG75.5%

Bezirk Thal SO73.1%

Wahlkreis Entlebuch LU72.8%

Bezirk Gäu SO71.6%

Verwaltungskreis Obersimmental-Saanen BE71.2%

Result by district

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

#	District	Yes share	Canton
1	District de Lausanne	64.9%	VD
2	Bezirk Zürich	59.9%	ZH
3	District de Delémont	59.7%	JU
4	District des Franches-Montagnes	59.6%	JU
5	District de l'Ouest lausannois	57.2%	VD
6	District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut	55.8%	VD
7	Bezirk Solothurn	55.4%	SO
8	District de la Sarine	55.2%	FR
9	District du Jura-Nord vaudois	54.7%	VD
10	District d'Aigle	54.0%	VD

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).

5 of 23 cantons — Rejected

NoYesNo result

Strongest yes by canton

BFS

Basel-City60.5%

Geneva59.0%

Jura57.1%

Neuchâtel56.8%

Vaud54.6%

Strongest no by canton

BFS

Schwyz68.1%

Appenzell Innerrhoden65.8%

Nidwalden65.0%

Obwalden64.9%

Aargau62.9%

Result by canton

#	Canton	Yes share	Turnout	Municipalities
1	Basel-City	60.5%	59.0%	3
2	Geneva	59.0%	50.6%	45
3	Jura	57.1%	42.9%	51
4	Neuchâtel	56.8%	47.8%	24
5	Vaud	54.6%	51.8%	300
6	Basel-Landschaft	50.4%	43.8%	86
7	Fribourg	48.5%	46.9%	119
8	Zurich	47.1%	48.0%	160
9	Schaffhausen	46.9%	66.6%	26
10	Valais	46.7%	49.0%	122
11	Ticino	46.3%	46.2%	100
12	Grisons	44.1%	45.6%	100
13	Bern	44.0%	41.4%	327
14	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	42.6%	45.3%	20
15	Uri	40.5%	40.1%	19
16	Thurgau	40.2%	45.0%	80
17	St. Gallen	39.9%	45.0%	75
18	Solothurn	39.5%	46.0%	104
19	Lucerne	39.0%	43.6%	79
20	Glarus	38.5%	39.0%	3
21	Zug	37.9%	51.0%	11
22	Aargau	37.1%	44.5%	196
23	Obwalden	35.1%	50.1%	7
24	Nidwalden	35.0%	48.5%	11
25	Appenzell Innerrhoden	34.2%	38.6%	5
26	Schwyz	31.9%	45.6%	30

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 2016 1937

Text put to the vote on Fedlex (BBl 2016 1937, German)

Source: Fedlex, BBl 2016 1937 — official text

Frequently asked questions

What was the result of the vote “Popular initiative 'For an orderly withdrawal from the nuclear energy programme (Nuclear Withdrawal Initiative)'”?: On 27.11.2016, “Popular initiative 'For an orderly withdrawal from the nuclear energy programme (Nuclear Withdrawal Initiative)'” was rejected with 1'099'409 yes and 1'300'860 no. Turnout was 46.3%.
How did the cantons vote on “Popular initiative 'For an orderly withdrawal from the nuclear energy programme (Nuclear Withdrawal Initiative)'”?: The strongest yes came from Basel-City (60.5%), the strongest no from Schwyz (31.9%).
Was “Popular initiative 'For an orderly withdrawal from the nuclear energy programme (Nuclear Withdrawal Initiative)'” accepted?: “Popular initiative 'For an orderly withdrawal from the nuclear energy programme (Nuclear Withdrawal Initiative)'” was rejected nationwide on 27.11.2016.