Federal popular initiative "against mass immigration"
9 February 2014
Do you accept the federal popular initiative 'against mass immigration'?
Website
Official results
Results
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
1,463,854
50.33%
No
1,444,552
49.67%
Valid votes
2,908,406
98.65%
Invalid or blank votes
39,750
1.35%
Total votes
2,948,156
100.00%
Eligible to vote/turnout
5,211,426
56.57%
Yes
50.3%
No
49.7%
Blank[1]
1.1%
Null[1]
0.3%
Results of the initiative, in the twenty-six cantons of Switzerland. It shows differences between linguistic regions (German-French: +10.6%; German-Italian: -16.0%; French-Italian: -26.6%) as well as between countryside and cities (-9.9%).[2]
In Switzerland, the federal popular initiative "against mass immigration" (German: Eidgenössische Volksinitiative "Gegen Masseneinwanderung", French: Initiative populaire « Contre l'immigration de masse », Italian: Iniziativa popolare "Contro l'immigrazione di massa") was a referendum that aimed to limit immigration through quotas,[3] as it had been prior to the bilateral treaties between Switzerland and the European Union (EU) launched in 2002.
The popular initiative was launched by the national conservative Swiss People's Party and was accepted by a majority of the electorate (50.3%, a difference of 19,526 votes) and a majority of the cantons (14.5 out of 23; 12 of 20 full cantons plus five of six half cantons) on 9 February 2014. This initiative was mostly backed by rural parts (57.6% approvals) of Switzerland as well as by a strong majority (69.2% approvals) in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, while metropolitan centres (58.5% rejection) and the French-speaking part (58.5% rejection) of Switzerland rejected it.[2]
Swiss-EU bilateral treaties on single market participation are all co-dependent; if one is terminated, then all are terminated. Consequently, should Switzerland choose unilaterally to cancel the free movement agreement, then all its single market agreements with the EU will lapse unless a compromise is found.[4] On 22 December 2016, Switzerland and the EU concluded an agreement that a new Swiss law (in response to the referendum) may require Swiss employers to give priority to Swiss-based job seekers (Swiss nationals and foreigners registered in Swiss job agencies) but does not limit the free movement of EU workers to Switzerland.[5]
^ abIn Switzerland, blank and null votes are counted but not considered valid. Only 'yes' and 'no' votes are considered to calculate the majority. See also the official results of the vote on the federal popular initiative "against mass immigration".
^ ab"Abstimmungen – Indikatoren, Abstimmung vom 9. Februar 2014: Initiative «Gegen Masseneinwanderung"" (in German and French). Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel 2014. 9 February 2014. Archived from the original (web page) on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
^(in French) Initiative populaire fédérale « contre l'immigration de masse », admin.ch (page visited on 9 February 2014).
^EU tells Swiss no single market access if no free movement of citizens The Guardian, 3 July 2016
^EU and Switzerland agree on free movement – euobserver, 22 December 2016
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