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Federal popular initiative 'For an unconditional basic income'

Status
Completed
Outcome
❌ Rejected at vote
Signature collection
2012-04-11 – 2013-10-11
Voting date
2016-06-05
Valid signatures
126,408
Parliament recommendation
❌ Rejet de l'initiative
Federal Council recommendation
❌ Rejet de l'initiative
Form
Federal popular initiative (specific draft)
Constitutional article
Art. 110a (nouveau)

Initiative text

La Constitution est modifiée comme suit:

Art. 110a (nouveau) Revenu de base inconditionnel

1 La Confédération veille à l’instauration d’un revenu de base inconditionnel.

2 Le revenu de base doit permettre à l’ensemble de la population de mener une existence digne et de participer à la vie publique.

3 La loi règle notamment le financement et le montant du revenu de base.

Timeline

Signatures by canton

Geodata © swisstopo

CantonSubmittedValid Invalid Share of population (%)
Zurich 37,240 37,174 66 2.61
Bern 17,866 17,824 42 1.78
Lucerne 7,130 7,111 19 1.82
Uri 331 329 2 0.92
Schwyz 755 755 0 0.5
Obwalden 207 207 0 0.57
Nidwalden 399 397 2 0.95
Glarus 301 300 1 0.76
Zug 915 914 1 0.77
Fribourg 2,121 2,112 9 0.71
Solothurn 3,949 3,927 22 1.5
Basel Stadt 12,045 12,042 3 6.36
Basel Landschaft 7,570 7,545 25 2.71
Schaffhausen 1,820 1,818 2 2.31
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 801 801 0 1.49
Appenzell Innerrhoden 64 64 0 0.41
St Gallen 4,537 4,530 7 0.92
Graubünden 1,702 1,687 15 0.87
Aargau 6,722 6,710 12 1.05
Thurgau 2,062 2,053 9 0.79
Ticino 2,473 2,458 15 0.71
Vaud 5,288 5,273 15 0.7
Valais 1,452 1,447 5 0.44
Neuchâtel 2,070 2,062 8 1.17
Geneva 5,551 5,548 3 1.18
Jura 1,330 1,320 10 1.84
Switzerland 126,701 126,408 293 1.55

Population estimates: Federal Statistical Office / HSSO

Popular vote of June 5, 2016: Le projet a été rejeté (Yes 23.06% / No 76.94%)

Results by canton

Geodata © swisstopo

CantonYes share (%) Yes votesNo votes Turnout (%)
Zurich 25.09 110,639 330,391 48.57
Bern 23.77 78,116 250,585 45.34
Lucerne 18.01 22,722 103,430 46.77
Uri 15.49 1,513 8,255 37.29
Schwyz 13.88 6,814 42,273 47.93
Obwalden 13.77 1,748 10,943 49.2
Nidwalden 13.16 1,990 13,132 49.91
Glarus 18.16 1,757 7,918 37.03
Zug 16.42 6,373 32,451 51.83
Fribourg 24.09 20,376 64,208 43.38
Solothurn 21.22 16,865 62,611 44.88
Basel Stadt 36.01 20,842 37,040 51.4
Basel Landschaft 22.93 19,075 64,108 45.1
Schaffhausen 24.54 7,890 24,267 65.45
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 20.76 3,905 14,905 48.89
Appenzell Innerrhoden 12.6 548 3,800 37.88
St Gallen 18.58 26,175 114,720 44.35
Graubünden 17.85 10,404 47,882 42.92
Aargau 18.8 34,730 150,013 44.53
Thurgau 19.16 13,716 57,887 43.18
Ticino 21.94 22,827 81,222 48.55
Vaud 24.66 50,849 155,326 48.4
Valais 19.18 20,277 85,462 49.59
Neuchâtel 31.2 17,274 38,086 50.28
Geneva 34.69 44,286 83,384 51.59
Jura 34.44 6,949 13,229 38.98
Switzerland 23.06 568,660 1,897,528 46.95

Federal data from the Federal Chancellery via LINDAS

Canton populations from the Federal Statistical Office and the Historical Statistics of Switzerland (HSSO)

Cantonal registers