00:00The Swiss have voted down a divisive anti-immigration proposal to cap the country's population at 10 million, early results
00:08showed on Sunday.
00:10Shortly after polls closed at noon local time, preliminary results indicated around 55% opposition to the initiative, with turnouts
00:19exceeding 57% nationwide.
00:22The vote put forward by the hard-righted Swiss People's Party, SVP, had sparked warnings of chaos and devastating impacts
00:30for the Swiss economy and European Union relations.
00:34The court, not a Switzerland with 10 million referendum, want measures to stop Switzerland's population, currently 9.1 million, going
00:43above 10 million before 2050.
00:46The SVP party believes the current immigration is exacerbating the housing shortage, rising rents, infrastructure saturation and pressure on the
00:56health care system.
00:57The proposal, if accepted, would have slammed the brakes on immigration.
01:02Meanwhile, voters voted yes to approve an amendment to the Civil Service Act in another referendum poll on Sunday.
01:09With the yes vote, six new measures in the Civil and Service Act will be introduced in Switzerland.
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