Votes 27 September 2026: results and projections (cross-border guide)

Context

In brief

• Neutrality and food: initial projections at 71% and 72% no
• Grisons: voting at 16 rejected by 67.42% no
• Poschiavo: local plan approved with 56% of the votes

Key facts

• Date → 27 September 2026
• Neutrality, initial projection → 71% no, margin of error 3%
• Food, initial projection → 72% no, margin of error 3%
• Grisons, voting at 16 → 67.42% no
• Grisons, turnout → 45.09%
• Poschiavo, local planning → 56%, equal to 850 votes out of 1’621
• Ticino, partial neutrality → 50.29% yes after 52 municipalities
• Poschiavo, building plots → from 100 to 82

The picture emerging from the polls

On 27 September 2026, once voting had closed, the first projections by gfs.bern indicated «no» to the two federal initiatives: 71% for the text on neutrality and 72% for the one on food. The margin of error, plus or minus, was 3%.

The subsequent report put the «no» vote on neutrality at 66.59% and the vote against food at 75.01%. In Ticino, however, neutrality was for the time being approved by 50.29% after the count in 52 of 100 municipalities; the initiative for secure food collected 69.34% no.

In Grisons, the partial revision of the cantonal Constitution on voting from the age of 16 was rejected by 67.42% of voters. None of the 100 municipalities approved the proposal. Buseno, Santa Maria and Cama exceeded 85% no, while turnout stopped at 45.09%. During the partial count in 95 of 100 municipalities, opponents accounted for 68.85%.

The project had been approved by the Grand Council and the Government. Grisons would have become the second Swiss canton to grant voting rights to 16-year-olds, 19 years after the historic Landsgemeinde of Glarona on 6 May 2007. Previously, similar proposals had been rejected in Uri, Basel City, Basel Country, Neuchâtel, Zurich, Bern, Aargau and Lucerne.

Poschiavo between local plan and new Executive

In Poschiavo, the new local planning, drawn up over a period of 15 years, was approved with 56%: 850 votes out of 1’621. Appeals may be filed within 30 days. The plan reduces building plots from 100 to 82; the cut initially envisaged was 35, but cantonal forecasts proved more favorable. The calculation of compensation for owners of de-zoned land remains to be defined.

Davide Vassella, the only candidate for mayor, was elected after Giovanni Jochum, a Liberal representative. The Socialist who ran on the Poschiavo Viva list obtained 1’076 votes out of 1’575 voters. The municipal council taking office next January will include Fulvio Betti (UDC), Graziano Crameri (AdC), Ruggero Tuena (PLR) and Romano Rossi (AdC); Massimo Tuena, the other Poschiavo Viva candidate, was excluded.

Operational details

How to read the results without confusing the different levels

The ballot brings together three different levels on the same day: the federal initiatives on neutrality and food, the revision of the Constitution of the Canton of Grisons, and the municipal decisions of Poschiavo. For the reader, the first practical consequence is to classify each number before interpreting it: a projection on the initiatives, partial cantonal data and a municipal result do not have the same status.

Projections, partial data and reported result

Moving from estimates to results requires care. The indications from gfs.bern on neutrality and food were projections; the source accompanies them with a margin of error. In what follows, the text reports a more advanced situation for the two federal initiatives and describes the situation in Ticino as provisional: neutrality was narrowly ahead, while food was showing a clear no. The phrase «for now» prevents that passage from being read as a final snapshot.

The Graubünden vote also shows why the counting stage matters. The data released after counting in 95 out of 100 municipalities do not perfectly coincide with the result communicated after the count was completed: the share of opponents falls compared with the partial percentage, while maintaining the same outcome. This is not a contradiction: they are two different moments of the same ballot.

| Level | Element to distinguish | Practical reading | | Federal | Projection and result | Wait for the reported figure | | Grisons | Partial count and final data | Keep the two stages separate | | Poschiavo | Local level and appeals | Take the stated deadline into account |

The concrete point for Poschiavo

For owners of downzoned land, local planning contains two operational pieces of information: the reduction in building lots and the fact that the calculation of compensation still has to be defined. The deadline for appeals is 30 days. The source does not indicate the amount of compensation, the authority to contact or the documents to attach: adding these details would mean going beyond the available data.

The same caution applies to the rest of the day. The results of the municipal vote in Bellinzona on the Fortezza project were still awaited, as were the outcomes of various cantonal votes in German-speaking Switzerland and Romandy. Anyone wishing to accompany the news report with a separate indicator on daily spending can consult costo della vita in Svizzera, keeping that comparison separate from the ballot figures.

Recommended tools

For an updated estimate, use the net salary calculator and the CHF-EUR exchange comparator.

Key points

What to do after the publication of the results

After a day with projections, partial data and local results, the safest procedure is to follow the order in which the source presents the updates. First, identify the territorial level; then check whether the data is provisional or already reported as a result. Only at the end should any local deadline be considered.

Five operational checks

1. Classify the vote. Keep the two federal initiatives, the revision of the Constitution of the Canton of Graubünden, the local planning of Poschiavo and the election of its Executive separate. The Bellinzona Fortress project remains among the expected results. 2. Mark the status of the data. The indications from gfs.bern are projections; figures referring to the ongoing count should be treated as partial, while those presented after the operations have closed belong to a different phase. 3. For Ticino, retain the temporal wording used by the source. Neutrality was indicated as prevailing for now and supply as the situation at that moment: do not turn an update into a definitive outcome. 4. For Graubünden, compare the partial count with the subsequent result and verify together the outcome in the municipalities and turnout. The comparison serves to distinguish the trend from the concluded vote. 5. If the topic is Poschiavo, note the deadline for appeals within 30 days. The planning reduces the buildable lots and leaves the compensation for the downzoned land to be defined; the source gives no amount.

The same criterion applies to the Executive: municipal elections have their own calendar, with the new Municipal Council indicated as taking office next January. If you need to update a personal note, always record the date, territory and status of the data.

The source does not specify authorities, documents or further procedures for any appeals; external details should not be added. To keep the ballot outcomes separate from one's personal matters, the reader may consult the dichiarazione delle imposte as an independent tool.

For personal comparison regarding income, use the calcolatore stipendio.

Source: rsi.ch