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Popular vote · 25.09.2022Federal ballot

Factory Faming Initiative

Votes2022
37.1% YesNo 62.9%
Votes
Rejected
Yes
37.1% 1'062'703
No
62.9% 1'799'088
Cantonal majority
0.5 / 23
Turnout
55.7%

Ballot-weighted result across 2'117 municipalities

Result by municipality

yes share per municipality
NoYesNo result
#MunicipalityYes shareCanton
1Bern66.1%BE
2Zurich62.7%ZH
3Aranno59.9%TI
4Rodersdorf58.4%SO
5Basel57.2%BS
6Biel/Bienne55.3%BE
7Gempen55.0%SO
8Bremgarten bei Bern54.5%BE
9Lucerne54.1%LU
10Solothurn53.9%SO

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).

0.5 of 23 cantons — Rejected
NoYesNo result
#CantonYes shareTurnoutMunicipalities
1Basel-City55.2%59.9%3
2Geneva47.3%55.7%45
3Zurich46.6%54.8%160
4Schaffhausen40.0%71.6%26
5Basel-Landschaft39.6%54.1%86
6Bern38.6%55.5%329
7Solothurn37.5%53.4%104
8Glarus36.7%46.1%3
9Neuchâtel36.1%55.2%24
10Aargau35.5%52.1%196
11Grisons34.8%51.2%100
12Appenzell Ausserrhoden34.5%58.3%20
13Ticino34.5%54.4%100
14Vaud34.5%60.5%300
15St. Gallen33.5%54.0%75
16Zug33.0%59.2%11
17Lucerne32.2%61.0%79
18Thurgau31.1%56.0%80
19Jura27.6%56.4%51
20Fribourg27.1%56.9%119
21Nidwalden26.8%57.3%11
22Uri25.1%53.0%19
23Schwyz25.1%58.9%30
24Valais23.9%53.0%122
25Obwalden23.7%59.7%7
26Appenzell Innerrhoden21.6%55.4%5

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 on Fedlex (BBl 2022 700, German)

Source: Fedlex, BBl 2022 700 — official text

What was the result of the vote “Factory Faming Initiative”?
On 25.09.2022, “Factory Faming Initiative” was rejected with 1'062'703 yes and 1'799'088 no. Turnout was 55.7%.
How did the cantons vote on “Factory Faming Initiative”?
The strongest yes came from Basel-City (55.2%), the strongest no from Appenzell Innerrhoden (21.6%).
Was “Factory Faming Initiative” accepted?
“Factory Faming Initiative” was rejected nationwide on 25.09.2022.