Catalan constitutional referendum, 2006

Catalan constitutional referendum, 2006
Do you approve of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia Bill?
Location	Spain
Date	18 June 2006
Results Votes % Y Yes 1,899,897 7001780709999999999♠78.07% N No 533,742 7001219300000000000♠21.93% Valid votes 2,433,639 7001938100000000000♠93.81% Invalid or blank votes 160,528 7000619000000000000♠6.19% Total votes 2,594,167 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 5,310,103 7001488500000000000♠48.85%

A Catalan autonomy referendum was held on Sunday, 18 June 2006, to gauge support for either the ratification or repealing a reform of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia. The question asked was "Do you approve of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia Bill?" (Catalan: "Aprova el Projecte d’estatut d’autonomia de Catalunya?"). The referendum resulted in 78.1% of voters supporting the bill on a turnout of 48.9%.

Results

Summary of the 18 June 2006 referendum results

Question: "Do you approve of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia Bill?"
Choice		Votes	%
	Y Yes	1,899,897	78.07
	N No	533,742	21.93
Total		2,433,639	100.00
Valid votes		2,433,639	93.81
Invalid or blank votes		160,528	6.19
Votes cast / turnout		2,594,167	48.85
Abstentions		2,715,936	51.15
Registered voters		5,310,103
Source: Department for Interior and Institutional Relations

External links

• Catalonia endorses autonomy plan BBC News. 19 June 2006.