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Parliament / Benjamin Giezendanner

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Benjamin Giezendanner

National CouncilCanton AGSVP · Fraktion der Schweizerischen VolksparteiParty SVPin the council since 04.12.2023People & network

Only the votes that the editors have designated as decisive for a proposal.

ProposalVoteBallotWhat yes meant
Fireworks Initiative24.080Final vote19.06.2026YesYes meant: adopting the federal decree and thereby recommending that the people and the cantons reject the initiative.
Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)24.073Final vote19.06.2026NoYes meant: adopting the federal decree on additional financing for the OASI (AHV) through an increase in VAT.
Initiative for fair federal taxes for married couples25.018Final vote19.06.2026NoYes meant: adopting the federal decree and thereby recommending that the people and the cantons reject the initiative.
Fireworks Initiative25.402Counter-proposal19.06.2026NoYes meant: adopting the amendment to the Explosives Act, the indirect counter-proposal to the initiative.
Food Initiative25.067Final vote20.03.2026YesYes meant: adopting the federal decree and thereby recommending that the people and the cantons reject the initiative.
Neutrality Initiative24.092Final vote20.03.2026NoYes meant: adopting the federal decree and thereby recommending that the people and the cantons reject the initiative.
Amendment to the War Material Act25.024Final vote19.12.2025YesYes meant: adopting the amendment to the War Material Act.

Every vote on the proposals' businesses, not only the decisive ones. The line is the group's at the time of the vote. Counts, no rate and no comparison with others.

votes
50
yes
24
no
23
abstentions
1
did not vote
2
unlike the group
0
changes of course
0

Voting strips per business

Additional financing for the OASI (AHV) Business 24.073 · 22

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Fireworks Initiative Business 24.080 · 1

FVoteYGroupYNational CouncilY

Neutrality Initiative Business 24.092 · 8

EEECFVoteNNNNNNGroupNNNNNNNNNational CouncilYYYYYYYY

Initiative for fair federal taxes for married couples Business 25.018 · 2

FVoteNNGroupNNNational CouncilYY

Amendment to the War Material Act Business 25.024 · 8

EOFVoteYYYAYYYYGroupYYYAYYYYNational CouncilYYYYYYYY

Food Initiative Business 25.067 · 2

EFVoteYYGroupYYNational CouncilYY

Fireworks Initiative Business 25.402 · 7

EOFVoteNNYNYNNGroupNNYNYNNNational CouncilYYYNYYN

Letters above the columns: E entry, O overall vote, C conciliation conference, F final vote. Ring: unlike the group; dashed: change of course.

All ballots (50)
DateStageOn whatVoteGroupCouncil
19.06.2026Final votedecisiveVote final25.402 · Fireworks InitiativeNNo 97 %No 79:114
19.06.2026Final votedecisiveVote final25.018 · Initiative for fair federal taxes for married couplesNNo 100 %Yes 102:97
19.06.2026Final votedecisiveVote final24.080 · Fireworks InitiativeYYes 100 %Yes 131:50
19.06.2026Final votedecisiveVote final24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)NNo 88 %Yes 108:85
17.06.2026Conciliation conferenceArt. 130, al. 3 quinquies et chiff. rom II, al. 324.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)NNo 92 %Yes 104:87
17.06.2026Conciliation conferenceArt. 2, al. 4 (vaut également pour les articles mentionés sur le dépliant)24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)NNo 92 %No 96:98
09.06.2026DifferencesArt. 2, al. 4 (Le vote vaut également pour les articles mentionnés sur le dépliant)24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)YYes 97 %Yes 101:95
03.06.2026DifferencesArt. 13, al. 3sexies et 2septies24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)YYes 97 %Yes 99:96
03.06.2026DifferencesBundesgesetz über die Alters- und Hinterlassenenversicherung (AHVG) (Finanzierung der 13. Altersrente)24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)YYes 97 %Yes 99:97
20.03.2026Final votedecisiveVote final25.067 · Food InitiativeYYes 100 %Yes 194:0
20.03.2026Final votedecisiveVote final24.092 · Neutrality InitiativeNNo 100 %Yes 124:65
19.03.2026Conciliation conferenceVote sur la proposition de la Conférence de conciliation24.092 · Neutrality InitiativeNNo 100 %Yes 126:64
18.03.2026Detailed readingArt. 224.092 · Neutrality InitiativeNNo 100 %Yes 121:63
18.03.2026EntryEntrée en matière24.092 · Neutrality InitiativeNNo 100 %Yes 107:80
17.03.2026Detailed readingArt. 224.092 · Neutrality InitiativeNNo 100 %Yes 126:63
17.03.2026EntryEntrée en matière24.092 · Neutrality InitiativeNNo 100 %Yes 108:83
05.03.2026Detailed readingVote sur la recommandation de vote (art. 2)24.092 · Neutrality InitiativeNo 100 %Yes 128:60
05.03.2026EntryEntreé en matière24.092 · Neutrality InitiativeNo 100 %Yes 109:77
19.12.2025Final votedecisiveVote final25.024 · Amendment to the War Material ActYYes 99 %Yes 122:68
17.12.2025EntryEntrer en matière25.067 · Food InitiativeYYes 100 %Yes 121:73
11.12.2025Overall voteVote sur l'ensemble25.402 · Fireworks InitiativeNNo 97 %Yes 97:85
11.12.2025Detailed readingArt. 44, al. 2 et 325.402 · Fireworks InitiativeYYes 98 %Yes 126:63
11.12.2025Detailed readingArt. 14, al. 225.402 · Fireworks InitiativeNNo 100 %No 90:99
11.12.2025Detailed readingArt. 14, al. 225.402 · Fireworks InitiativeYYes 100 %Yes 127:62
11.12.2025Detailed readingArt. 9, al. 2bis25.402 · Fireworks InitiativeNNo 100 %Yes 95:92
11.12.2025EntryEntrer en matière25.402 · Fireworks InitiativeNNo 100 %Yes 96:87
02.12.2025Overall voteVote sur l'ensemble25.024 · Amendment to the War Material ActYYes 100 %Yes 120:63
02.12.2025Detailed readingart. 22a, al. 2 bis (vaut également pour l'art 22b)25.024 · Amendment to the War Material ActYYes 100 %Yes 121:74
02.12.2025Detailed readingart. 18, al. 3 (vaut aussi pour l'art 46, al. 3)25.024 · Amendment to the War Material ActYYes 100 %Yes 122:73
02.12.2025Detailed readingart. 18 al. 3 (vaut aussi pour l'art 46, al. 3)25.024 · Amendment to the War Material ActAAbst. 100 %Yes 91:23
02.12.2025Detailed readingart. 18, al. 1 bis25.024 · Amendment to the War Material ActYYes 100 %Yes 120:73
02.12.2025Detailed readingart. 18, al. 125.024 · Amendment to the War Material ActYYes 100 %Yes 132:63
02.12.2025EntryEntrer en matière25.024 · Amendment to the War Material ActYYes 100 %Yes 126:58
17.09.2025Detailed readingArt. 225.018 · Initiative for fair federal taxes for married couplesNNo 100 %Yes 99:92
10.09.2025Overall voteGesamtabstimmung24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)NNo 90 %Yes 110:86
10.09.2025Overall voteGesamtabstimmung24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)NNo 93 %Yes 108:88
10.09.2025Detailed readingZiffer römisch II Abs. 1bis24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)YYes 99 %Yes 103:94
10.09.2025Detailed readingArt. 10324.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)YYes 99 %Yes 161:36
10.09.2025Detailed readingTitel (gilt auch für Art. 2 Abs. 4 erster Satz, Art. 5 Abs. 1, Art. 6 Abs. 1 und 2 zweiter Satz, Art. 8 Abs. 1 erster und dritter Satz, Art. 13, Art. 43quinquies, Art. 107 Sachtitel, Abs. 3-5, Schlussbestimmung, Ziff. Ia Art. 3 Abs. 2, AVIG, Ziff. II Abs. 2 und 3; Entwurf 3: Art. 112d, Art. 130 Abs. 3quinquies, 3sexies und 3septies, Art. 196 Ziff. 14 Abs. 6 und Ziff. II Abs. 3 BV)24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)NNo 96 %Yes 108:89
10.09.2025Detailed readingTitel (gilt auch für Art. 2 Abs. 4 erster Satz, Art. 5 Abs. 1, Art. 6 Abs. 1 und 2 zweiter Satz, Art. 8 Abs. 1 erster und dritter Satz, Art. 13, Art. 43quinquies, Art. 107 Sachtitel, Abs. 3-5, Schlussbestimmung, Ziff. Ia Art. 3 Abs. 2, AVIG, Ziff. II Abs. 2 und 3; Entwurf 3: Art. 112d, Art. 130 Abs. 3quinquies, 3sexies und 3septies, Art. 196 Ziff. 14 Abs. 6 und Ziff. II Abs. 3 BV)24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)YYes 99 %Yes 102:96
10.09.2025Detailed readingTitel (gilt auch für Art. 2 Abs. 4 erster Satz, Art. 5 Abs. 1, Art. 6 Abs. 1 und 2 zweiter Satz, Art. 8 Abs. 1 erster und dritter Satz, Art. 13, Art. 43quinquies, Art. 107 Sachtitel, Abs. 3-5, Schlussbestimmung, Ziff. Ia Art. 3 Abs. 2, AVIG, Ziff. II Abs. 2 und 3; Entwurf 3: Art. 112d, Art. 130 Abs. 3quinquies, 3sexies und 3septies, Art. 196 Ziff. 14 Abs. 6 und Ziff. II Abs. 3 BV)24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)YYes 100 %Yes 134:64
10.09.2025Detailed readingTitel (gilt auch für Art. 2 Abs. 4 erster Satz, Art. 5 Abs. 1, Art. 6 Abs. 1 und 2 zweiter Satz, Art. 8 Abs. 1 erster und dritter Satz, Art. 13, Art. 43quinquies, Art. 107 Sachtitel, Abs. 3-5, Schlussbestimmung, Ziff. Ia Art. 3 Abs. 2, AVIG, Ziff. II Abs. 2 und 3; Entwurf 3: Art. 112d, Art. 130 Abs. 3quinquies, 3sexies und 3septies, Art. 196 Ziff. 14 Abs. 6 und Ziff. II Abs. 3 BV)24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)YYes 100 %Yes 134:64
10.09.2025Detailed readingTitel (gilt auch für Art. 2 Abs. 4 erster Satz, Art. 5 Abs. 1, Art. 6 Abs. 1 und 2 zweiter Satz, Art. 8 Abs. 1 erster und dritter Satz, Art. 13, Art. 43quinquies, Art. 107 Sachtitel, Abs. 3-5, Schlussbestimmung, Ziff. Ia Art. 3 Abs. 2, AVIG, Ziff. II Abs. 2 und 3; Entwurf 3: Art. 112d, Art. 130 Abs. 3quinquies, 3sexies und 3septies, Art. 196 Ziff. 14 Abs. 6 und Ziff. II Abs. 3 BV)24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)YYes 96 %Yes 99:97
10.09.2025ReferralRückweisungsantrag (Die Abstimmung gilt auch für den Entwurf 3)24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)NNo 90 %Yes 135:60
10.09.2025ReferralRückweisungsantrag (Die Abstimmung gilt auch für den Entwurf 3)24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)NNo 90 %Yes 112:86
10.09.2025EntryEintreten24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)NNo 86 %Yes 112:82
10.09.2025EntryEintreten24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)NNo 79 %Yes 117:77
21.03.2025Final voteSchlussabstimmung24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)YYes 100 %Yes 191:0
03.03.2025Overall voteGesamtabstimmung24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)YYes 100 %Yes 193:0
03.03.2025Detailed readingArt. 34bis Abs. 4bis24.073 · Additional financing for the OASI (AHV)YYes 97 %Yes 113:78

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Source: Parlamentsdienste der Bundesversammlung, Bern, retrieved 14.09.2026. Raw data

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