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Popular vote · 04.03.2018Federal ballot

Federal Decree on the 2021 New Financial Regime

Votes2018
84.1% YesNo 15.9%
Votes
Accepted
Yes
84.1% 2'358'086
No
15.9% 445'464
Cantonal majority
23 / 23
Turnout
54.6%

Ballot-weighted result across 2'116 municipalities

Result by municipality

yes share per municipality
NoYesNo result
#MunicipalityYes shareCanton
1Kammersrohr100.0%SO
2La Baroche97.1%JU
3Dalpe95.4%TI
4Vinzel95.4%VD
5Dully95.0%VD
6Suchy94.8%VD
7Silvaplana94.7%GR
8Bogis-Bossey94.2%VD
9Bremblens94.2%VD
10Corcelles-près-Concise94.0%VD

Result by district

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

Result by district

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

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).

23 of 23 cantons — Accepted
NoYesNo result
Vaud88.2%
Geneva87.0%
Zurich86.8%
Zug86.0%
Grisons85.9%
Jura21.3%
Valais21.2%
Schwyz21.0%
#CantonYes shareTurnoutMunicipalities
1Vaud88.2%58.8%300
2Geneva87.0%59.8%45
3Zurich86.8%57.1%160
4Zug86.0%60.4%11
5Grisons85.9%53.8%100
6Nidwalden85.3%61.0%11
7Appenzell Innerrhoden84.9%45.4%5
8Basel-City84.5%63.5%3
9Bern84.3%51.2%328
10Obwalden84.3%60.6%7
11Ticino84.2%66.2%100
12Neuchâtel84.2%53.1%24
13Lucerne84.0%54.6%79
14Basel-Landschaft83.5%51.2%86
15Appenzell Ausserrhoden82.7%50.9%20
16Glarus82.5%48.8%3
17Fribourg81.9%52.2%119
18Thurgau81.8%51.4%80
19Aargau81.7%50.7%196
20Uri81.5%46.4%19
21St. Gallen81.5%52.3%75
22Solothurn80.6%53.1%104
23Schwyz79.0%53.7%30
24Valais78.8%57.3%122
25Jura78.7%46.7%51
26Schaffhausen78.5%72.1%26

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 on Fedlex (BBl 2017 4205, German)

Source: Fedlex, BBl 2017 4205 — official text

What was the result of the vote “Federal Decree on the 2021 New Financial Regime”?
On 04.03.2018, “Federal Decree on the 2021 New Financial Regime” was accepted with 2'358'086 yes and 445'464 no. Turnout was 54.6%.
How did the cantons vote on “Federal Decree on the 2021 New Financial Regime”?
The strongest yes came from Vaud (88.2%), the strongest no from Schaffhausen (78.5%).
Was “Federal Decree on the 2021 New Financial Regime” accepted?
“Federal Decree on the 2021 New Financial Regime” was accepted nationwide on 04.03.2018.