Spanish constitutional referendum, 1978 |
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Do you approve of the Constitution Bill? |
Location |
Spain |
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Date |
6 December 1978 |
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Results
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Votes |
% |
Y Yes |
15,706,078 |
7001918100000000000♠91.81% |
N No |
1,400,505 |
7000819009999900000♠8.19% |
Valid votes |
17,106,583 |
7001957100000099999♠95.71% |
Invalid or blank votes |
766,688 |
7000429000000000000♠4.29% |
Total votes |
17,873,271 |
100.00% |
Registered voters/turnout |
26,632,180 |
7001671100000000000♠67.11% |
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A Spanish constitutional referendum was held on Wednesday, 6 December 1978, to gauge support for either the ratification or repealing of the Spanish Constitution which had been approved by the Cortes Generales on 31 October 1978. The question asked was "Do you approve of the Constitution Bill?" (Spanish: "¿Aprueba el Proyecto de Constitución?"). The referendum resulted in 91.8% of voters supporting the bill on a turnout of 67.1%.[1]
Results
Overall
Choice |
Votes |
% |
Yes |
15,706,078 |
91.81 |
No |
1,400,505 |
8.19 |
Results by region
Region |
Electorate |
Turnout |
Yes |
No |
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Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
Andalusia |
4,347,542 |
69.51 |
2,775,521 |
94.36 |
165,882 |
5.64 |
Aragon |
894,403 |
73.58 |
579,734 |
92.90 |
44,287 |
7.10 |
Asturias |
864,796 |
61.79 |
473,348 |
91.34 |
44,874 |
8.66 |
Balearic Islands |
450,115 |
70.18 |
282,598 |
94.88 |
15,251 |
5.12 |
Basque Country |
1,552,737 |
44.65 |
479,205 |
74.60 |
163,191 |
25.40 |
Canary Islands |
879,963 |
62.90 |
508,668 |
95.46 |
24,174 |
4.54 |
Cantabria |
374,559 |
71.15 |
222,559 |
87.01 |
33,232 |
12.99 |
Castile and León |
1,950,813 |
71.37 |
1,184,361 |
90.28 |
127,545 |
9.72 |
Castilla–La Mancha |
1,207,525 |
73.82 |
751,614 |
87.74 |
105,034 |
12.26 |
Catalonia |
4,398,173 |
67.91 |
2,701,870 |
95.15 |
137,845 |
4.85 |
Extremadura |
765,235 |
70.51 |
481,808 |
92.40 |
39,637 |
7.60 |
Galicia |
2,107,613 |
50.20 |
942,097 |
93.84 |
61,892 |
6.16 |
La Rioja |
192,597 |
72.46 |
120,847 |
91.70 |
10,940 |
8.30 |
Madrid |
3,047,226 |
72.23 |
1,896,205 |
89.49 |
222,638 |
10.51 |
Murcia |
630,268 |
71.44 |
408,722 |
93.59 |
27,975 |
6.41 |
Navarre |
361,243 |
66.63 |
182,207 |
81.70 |
40,804 |
18.30 |
Valencian Community |
2,545,481 |
74.14 |
1,676,680 |
92.72 |
131,664 |
7.28 |
Total |
17,873,271 |
67.11 |
15,706,078 |
91.81 |
1,400,505 |
8.19 |
Issues
Some Spanish media found up to 30% of irregularities in the census in certain provinces, with many people allegedly being unable to vote while others voted twice.[4] Adolfo Suárez's government had lowered voting age from 21 to 18 only three weeks before the referendum, which resulted in a made-up electoral register increasing by over 3 million people compared to the 1977 general election amid technical, administrative and logistical issues.[5] Interior Ministry officials acknowledged deviations of up to 5.1 per 100 in the electoral census—roughly 1.5 million people according to the National Institute of Statistics—, resulting from the absence of an official electoral register and in an overreliance on data from municipal registers.[6]
References
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Referendums | |
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- See also: Elections and referendums in Andalusia
- Aragon
- Asturias
- Balearic Islands
- Basque Country
- Canary Islands
- Cantabria
- Castile and León
- Castilla-La Mancha
- Catalonia
- Extremadura
- Galicia
- La Rioja
- Madrid
- Murcia
- Navarre
- Valencian Community
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