#	Municipality	Yes share	Canton
1	Santa Maria in Calanca	53.7%	GR
2	Schelten	46.4%	BE
3	Castaneda	46.0%	GR
4	Tresa	45.3%	TI
5	Mergoscia	45.2%	TI
6	Onsernone	45.2%	TI
7	Calanca	44.3%	GR
8	Mettembert	42.9%	JU
9	Centovalli	42.2%	TI
10	Pollegio	40.7%	TI

Result by district

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

NoYesNo result

Strongest yes by district

BFS

Distretto di Mendrisio TI33.1%

Distretto di Locarno TI32.3%

Region Moesa GR31.8%

Distretto di Lugano TI31.6%

Distretto di Vallemaggia TI31.3%

Strongest no by district

BFS

Wahlkreis Entlebuch LU86.4%

Bezirk Visp VS86.2%

District d'Entremont VS85.9%

Bezirk Raron VS85.2%

Bezirk Brig VS84.8%

Result by district

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

#	District	Yes share	Canton
1	Distretto di Mendrisio	33.1%	TI
2	Distretto di Locarno	32.3%	TI
3	Region Moesa	31.8%	GR
4	Distretto di Lugano	31.6%	TI
5	Distretto di Vallemaggia	31.3%	TI
6	Distretto di Bellinzona	29.7%	TI
7	Distretto di Leventina	29.6%	TI
8	Bezirk Vorderland	28.8%	AR
9	Distretto di Riviera	28.6%	TI
10	Bezirk Schaffhausen	27.2%	SH

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

Ticino31.5%

Schaffhausen25.6%

Geneva24.2%

Appenzell Ausserrhoden23.7%

Jura23.0%

Strongest no by canton

BFS

Obwalden83.4%

Nidwalden83.2%

Basel-Landschaft82.6%

Zug82.6%

Uri82.6%

Result by canton

#	Canton	Yes share	Turnout	Municipalities
1	Ticino	31.5%	45.7%	100
2	Schaffhausen	25.6%	67.0%	26
3	Geneva	24.2%	46.9%	45
4	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	23.7%	47.2%	20
5	Jura	23.0%	38.0%	51
6	Neuchâtel	22.4%	40.9%	24
7	Glarus	22.2%	45.0%	3
8	Grisons	22.1%	40.7%	100
9	Thurgau	22.1%	44.0%	80
10	St. Gallen	21.9%	43.4%	75
11	Bern	21.2%	44.9%	329
12	Solothurn	21.0%	43.2%	104
13	Fribourg	20.7%	39.2%	119
14	Zurich	20.3%	48.8%	160
15	Basel-City	20.0%	56.3%	3
16	Aargau	20.0%	42.7%	196
17	Lucerne	18.9%	45.5%	79
18	Valais	18.6%	44.1%	122
19	Vaud	18.4%	47.1%	300
20	Appenzell Innerrhoden	18.3%	41.2%	5
21	Schwyz	17.7%	46.2%	30
22	Uri	17.4%	38.2%	19
23	Zug	17.4%	51.2%	11
24	Basel-Landschaft	17.4%	44.1%	86
25	Nidwalden	16.8%	47.3%	11
26	Obwalden	16.6%	46.7%	7

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 1491

Text put to the vote on Fedlex (BBl 2021 1491, German)

Source: Fedlex, BBl 2021 1491 — official text

Frequently asked questions

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How did the cantons vote on “Popular initiative 'Yes to the ban on animal and human experiments – Yes to research that brings safety and progress'”?: The strongest yes came from Ticino (31.5%), the strongest no from Obwalden (16.6%).
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