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Popular vote · 08.03.2026Federal ballot

Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’

Votes2026
38.1% YesNo 61.9%
Votes
Rejected
Yes
38.1% 1'188'459
No
61.9% 1'934'819
Cantonal majority
0 / 23
Turnout
57.8%

Ballot-weighted result across 2'117 municipalities

Result by municipality

yes share per municipality
NoYesNo result

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 of 23 cantons — Rejected
NoYesNo result
Vaud67.1%
Jura65.4%
Bern64.7%
#CantonYes shareTurnoutMunicipalities
1Schwyz48.9%60.9%30
2Ticino46.7%60.2%100
3Schaffhausen44.9%74.3%26
4Appenzell Innerrhoden44.4%54.4%5
5Thurgau44.0%57.7%80
6St. Gallen43.3%56.8%75
7Valais43.0%55.2%122
8Appenzell Ausserrhoden42.9%59.3%20
9Glarus42.2%51.8%3
10Nidwalden42.0%62.5%11
11Aargau42.0%56.3%196
12Obwalden41.3%63.2%7
13Solothurn39.8%55.2%104
14Zug39.4%61.4%11
15Uri39.3%51.6%19
16Lucerne37.2%59.3%79
17Fribourg36.5%58.3%119
18Grisons36.3%55.9%100
19Geneva35.9%57.5%45
20Basel-Landschaft35.8%55.3%86
21Zurich35.6%61.7%160
22Bern35.3%54.6%329
23Jura34.6%48.5%51
24Neuchâtel33.3%51.2%24
25Vaud32.9%64.0%300
26Basel-City28.9%62.7%3

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 2025 2887, German)

Source: Fedlex, BBl 2025 2887 — official text

What was the result of the vote “Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’”?
On 08.03.2026, “Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’” was rejected with 1'188'459 yes and 1'934'819 no. Turnout was 57.8%.
How did the cantons vote on “Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’”?
The strongest yes came from Schwyz (48.9%), the strongest no from Basel-City (28.9%).
Was “Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’” accepted?
“Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’” was rejected nationwide on 08.03.2026.