1980 South Korean constitutional referendum

A constitutional referendum was held in South Korea on 22 October 1980.[1] The changes to the constitution were approved by 91.6% of voters, with a turnout of 95.5%.[2]

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Results

Choice	Votes	%
For	17,829,354	91.6
Against	1,357,673	8.4
Invalid/blank votes	266,899	–
Total	19,453,926	100
Registered voters/turnout	20,373,869	95.5
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
Nohlen et al., p427

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