 | |
Several referendums will be held in Switzerland during 2026, with national votes on 8 March, 14 June, 27 September, and 29 November. [1]
| |
| This article is part of a series on the |
 |
|---|
 Switzerlandportal |
Several referendums will be held in Switzerland during 2026, with national votes on 8 March, 14 June, 27 September, and 29 November. [1]
Four referendums will be held on 8 March 2026: Initiatives on cash, public broadcasting, a climate fund and individual taxation. [2] [3]
The voters wil be asked on whether to cap the annual licence fee for the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation at 200 francs while exempting other companies from the levy, whether to introduce individual taxation requiring married couples to file separate tax returns, whether to create a federal climate fund, and whether to protect cash in the constitution by guaranteeing that coins and banknotes remain in circulation. [2]
Two referendums will be held on June 14, 2026. [4] One them, "No to ten million Switzerland", seeks to cap the country's permanent resident population at 10 million by 2050. It was promoted by the Swiss People's Party. [5] [6] [7] The other seeks to reduce the number of people moving from the army to the civil service. [5]
A December 2025 poll found that 48% of respondents were in favour of the initiative, while 41% said they were against it. [a] A September 2025 poll, found that 48% of respondents were in favour of the initiative, while 45% said they were against it. [8]
