Basel-Stadt: Music initiative "No", ESC "Yes"
On 24 November, the cantonal initiative "for more musical diversity" was rejected in the canton of Basel-Stadt with a turnout of 57,15% (64,36% no) and the Grand Council resolution of 11 September 2024 regarding the authorization of expenditure for the staging of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2025 in Basel was approved with 66,57%.
In the small municipality of Bettingen, the initiative was rejected at the highest rate with over 83% and the Grand Council resolution was accepted with just under 58%. The turnout here was also the highest at 64.4TP3T. However, the inhabitants of Bettingen do not even make up 1% of the total population of the canton of Basel-Stadt. In Riehen and Bettingen, rejection of the initiative was higher than approval of the implementation of the ESC. In Basel, the opposite was true.
The exact figures:
Cantonal initiative "for more musical diversity"
Basel: 62.14% No (183,693 inhabitants, of which CH 110,502, share 86.69, turnout 56.26%)
Riehen: 76.77% No (22,683 inhabitants, of which CH 15985, 12.54%, voter turnout 62.82%)
Bettingen: 83.61% No (1306 inhabitants, of which CH 985, share 0.77%, turnout 64.40%)
Organization of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2025
Basel: 67.49% Yes
Riehen: 61.52% Yes
Bettingen: 57,72% Yes
Sources
Population: https://www.bs.ch/news/2024-bevoelkerung-im-oktober-2024
Voting results: VoteInfo
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