Popular vote · 10.06.2018Federal ballot
Popular initiative ‘For crisis-safe money: Money creation by the National Bank only! (Sovereign Money Initiative)’
Votes201824.3% YesNo 75.7%
Votes
Rejected
Yes
24.3% 442'387
No
75.7% 1'379'540
Cantonal majority
0 / 23
Turnout
34.4%
Ballot-weighted result across 2'116 municipalities
Result by municipality
yes share per municipalityNoYesNo result
Strongest no
BFSResult by municipality
Top 10Result by district
yes share per district — the district figures BFS publishes; cantons without districts stay neutralNoYesNo result
Result by district
District results as published by the FSO — top 10 yes / top 10 no| # | District | Yes share | Canton |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bezirk Vorderland | 32.9% | AR |
| 2 | Bezirk Zürich | 29.6% | ZH |
| 3 | Bezirk Schaffhausen | 29.0% | SH |
| 4 | District des Franches-Montagnes | 28.6% | JU |
| 5 | Wahlkreis Luzern-Stadt | 28.3% | LU |
| 6 | District de Delémont | 28.1% | JU |
| 7 | District de Lausanne | 27.8% | VD |
| 8 | Bezirk Dorneck | 27.7% | SO |
| 9 | Bezirk Kreuzlingen | 27.6% | TG |
| 10 | Bezirk Winterthur | 27.6% | ZH |
How the cantons voted
yes share per municipalityThis 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
| # | Canton | Yes share | Turnout | Municipalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geneva | 40.3% | 40.7% | 45 |
| 2 | Basel-City | 29.7% | 46.4% | 3 |
| 3 | Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 27.7% | 31.6% | 20 |
| 4 | Jura | 27.4% | 25.8% | 51 |
| 5 | Schaffhausen | 27.2% | 64.1% | 26 |
| 6 | Neuchâtel | 26.0% | 29.8% | 24 |
| 7 | Thurgau | 25.3% | 28.4% | 80 |
| 8 | Fribourg | 25.0% | 28.3% | 119 |
| 9 | Ticino | 25.0% | 35.5% | 100 |
| 10 | Zurich | 24.7% | 34.8% | 160 |
| 11 | St. Gallen | 24.0% | 31.6% | 75 |
| 12 | Valais | 24.0% | 61.8% | 122 |
| 13 | Basel-Landschaft | 23.9% | 31.5% | 86 |
| 14 | Bern | 23.2% | 26.2% | 328 |
| 15 | Glarus | 22.0% | 31.5% | 3 |
| 16 | Zug | 21.7% | 40.3% | 11 |
| 17 | Aargau | 21.6% | 30.0% | 196 |
| 18 | Solothurn | 21.5% | 38.0% | 104 |
| 19 | Vaud | 21.3% | 36.2% | 300 |
| 20 | Lucerne | 21.2% | 34.5% | 79 |
| 21 | Appenzell Innerrhoden | 20.7% | 23.5% | 5 |
| 22 | Grisons | 20.3% | 39.8% | 100 |
| 23 | Uri | 20.1% | 23.0% | 19 |
| 24 | Schwyz | 19.0% | 35.7% | 30 |
| 25 | Nidwalden | 18.0% | 34.2% | 11 |
| 26 | Obwalden | 17.9% | 32.8% | 7 |
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 2017 7895Text put to the vote on Fedlex (BBl 2017 7895, German)
Source: Fedlex, BBl 2017 7895 — official text
- What was the result of the vote “Popular initiative ‘For crisis-safe money: Money creation by the National Bank only! (Sovereign Money Initiative)’”?
- On 10.06.2018, “Popular initiative ‘For crisis-safe money: Money creation by the National Bank only! (Sovereign Money Initiative)’” was rejected with 442'387 yes and 1'379'540 no. Turnout was 34.4%.
- How did the cantons vote on “Popular initiative ‘For crisis-safe money: Money creation by the National Bank only! (Sovereign Money Initiative)’”?
- The strongest yes came from Geneva (40.3%), the strongest no from Obwalden (17.9%).
- Was “Popular initiative ‘For crisis-safe money: Money creation by the National Bank only! (Sovereign Money Initiative)’” accepted?
- “Popular initiative ‘For crisis-safe money: Money creation by the National Bank only! (Sovereign Money Initiative)’” was rejected nationwide on 10.06.2018.