What was the result of the vote “Nursing initiative”?

#	Municipality	Yes share	Canton
1	Saint-Saphorin	80.6%	VD
2	Mergoscia	78.6%	TI
3	Ferreyres	78.6%	VD
4	Schelten	78.4%	BE
5	Fontaines-sur-Grandson	78.0%	VD
6	Oberems	76.8%	VS
7	Nenzlingen	76.7%	BL
8	Seehof	76.5%	BE
9	Lajoux	76.5%	JU
10	Buseno	76.3%	GR

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 Moutier JU71.9%

District de Lausanne VD71.4%

District des Franches-Montagnes JU69.7%

Bezirk Zürich ZH68.5%

District de l'Ouest lausannois VD68.4%

Strongest no by district

BFS

Bezirk Höfe SZ51.6%

Bezirk Küssnacht (SZ)SZ50.6%

Bezirk Schwyz SZ50.5%

Bezirk Gersau SZ49.7%

Bezirk Meilen ZH47.8%

Result by district

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

#	District	Yes share	Canton
1	District de Moutier	71.9%	JU
2	District de Lausanne	71.4%	VD
3	District des Franches-Montagnes	69.7%	JU
4	Bezirk Zürich	68.5%	ZH
5	District de l'Ouest lausannois	68.4%	VD
6	District de la Sarine	67.9%	FR
7	Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland	67.8%	BE
8	District de Delémont	67.4%	JU
9	Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne	67.1%	BE
10	Wahlkreis Luzern-Stadt	66.6%	LU

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).

22.5 of 23 cantons — Accepted

NoYesNo result

Strongest yes by canton

BFS

Jura66.8%

Basel-City66.6%

Fribourg64.7%

Vaud64.7%

Geneva64.3%

Strongest no by canton

BFS

Appenzell Innerrhoden53.0%

Schwyz48.6%

Obwalden47.6%

Nidwalden46.6%

Zug45.2%

Result by canton

#	Canton	Yes share	Turnout	Municipalities
1	Jura	66.8%	62.3%	51
2	Basel-City	66.6%	70.0%	3
3	Fribourg	64.7%	66.1%	119
4	Vaud	64.7%	67.5%	300
5	Geneva	64.3%	62.3%	45
6	Bern	63.9%	67.8%	329
7	Neuchâtel	63.9%	61.9%	24
8	Schaffhausen	63.4%	78.6%	26
9	Basel-Landschaft	62.0%	69.1%	86
10	Zurich	61.8%	71.1%	160
11	Grisons	61.7%	65.8%	100
12	Glarus	61.1%	65.3%	3
13	Solothurn	60.6%	67.8%	104
14	Thurgau	59.5%	71.7%	80
15	Lucerne	59.3%	73.6%	79
16	Valais	59.2%	70.4%	122
17	Aargau	58.0%	67.6%	196
18	Uri	57.7%	70.4%	19
19	St. Gallen	56.7%	70.9%	75
20	Ticino	56.1%	60.7%	100
21	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	55.3%	73.9%	20
22	Zug	54.8%	72.7%	11
23	Nidwalden	53.4%	74.6%	11
24	Obwalden	52.4%	74.8%	7
25	Schwyz	51.4%	74.9%	30
26	Appenzell Innerrhoden	47.0%	71.9%	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 «In Kürze» · Official page (German)

Text put to the vote

BBl 2021 1488

Text put to the vote on Fedlex (BBl 2021 1488, German)

Source: Fedlex, BBl 2021 1488 — official text

Frequently asked questions

What was the result of the vote “Nursing initiative”?: On 28.11.2021, “Nursing initiative” was accepted with 2'161'272 yes and 1'382'824 no. Turnout was 68.0%.
How did the cantons vote on “Nursing initiative”?: The strongest yes came from Jura (66.8%), the strongest no from Appenzell Innerrhoden (47.0%).
Was “Nursing initiative” accepted?: “Nursing initiative” was accepted nationwide on 28.11.2021.