The results of the votes are largely as predicted. The vote to allow the genetic selections of embryos for certain parents passed with nearly 62% in favour. Voters in Vaud and Geneva were strongly in favour both with “yes” votes of more than 80%.
Plans to change how TV-radio licences are charged and who must pay them has passed by a very narrow margin of less than 0.1%. Support was greatest in the French speaking cantons of Vaud, Geneva, Neuchatel and Jura as well as the canton of Graubünden, home to Switzerland’s Romansh speakers, a result that could be related to these cantons speaking minority Swiss languages.
The proposals to tax inheritance and pay higher subsidies to students were both rejected with over 70% of voters voting “no” in both cases. Both of these initiatives where fairly uniformly rejected by voters in all cantons, although Geneva and Neuchatel were less than 10% from the 50% mark on the vote for higher student payments.
The charts below, published by the Statistics Office, show the results by canton for each of the four initiatives. The link above each chart shows the numbers.
Medically assisted procreation – genetic selection of embryos – results by canton below
Overall results 61.9% (accepted)
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Changes to TV-radio licence charging – results by canton below
Overall result 50.1% (accepted)
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Inheritance tax – results by canton below
Overall results 29% (rejected)
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Student bursaries increase – results by canton
Overall result – overall result 27.4% (rejected)
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