1978 Spanish constitutional referendum
A constitutional
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 92% of valid votes in support of the bill on a turnout of 67%.[1][2][3]
Purpose
The new constitution was intended to replace the many constitutional laws of the
Juan Carlos. The law provided for the legalization of political parties and a democratic election to Constituent Cortes, a committee of which then drafted the Constitution.[4]
Conduct
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.National Institute of Statistics—resulting from the absence of an official electoral register and in an overreliance on data from municipal registers.[7]
Results
Choice | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
For | 15,706,078 | 91.81 | |
Against | 1,400,505 | 8.19 | |
Total | 17,106,583 | 100.00 | |
Valid votes | 17,106,583 | 95.71 | |
Invalid votes | 133,786 | 0.75 | |
Blank votes | 632,902 | 3.54 | |
Total votes | 17,873,271 | 100.00 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 26,632,180 | 67.11 | |
Source: Ministry of the Interior[8] |
Results by region
Region | Electorate | Turnout | Yes | No | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |
Sources[8] |
References
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- ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ "Spain, 6 December 1978: Constitution". Direct Democracy (in German). Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "Referéndum sobre el Proyecto de Constitución". congreso.es (in Spanish). Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ 1978: Spain set to vote for democracy BBC News
- ^ "Editorial | Incompetencia y caos". El País (in Spanish). 7 December 1978. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Tribuna | El censo electoral: fundamento de la democracia (I)". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 4 April 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Participación de más del 70 por 100". Arriba (in Spanish). 7 December 1978. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Electoral Results Consultation. Referendum. December 1978. National totals". infoelectoral.mir.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 24 September 2017.