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1978 Spanish constitutional referendum information


1978 Spanish constitutional referendum
1978 Spanish constitutional referendum
6 December 1978 (1978-12-06)

Do you approve of the Constitution Bill?
The referendum ballot
Results
Choice
Votes %
1978 Spanish constitutional referendum Yes 15,706,078 91.81%
1978 Spanish constitutional referendum No 1,400,505 8.19%
Valid votes 17,106,583 95.71%
Invalid or blank votes 766,688 4.29%
Total votes 17,873,271 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 26,632,180 67.11%

A constitutional referendum was held in Spain 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 92% of valid votes in support of the bill on a turnout of 67%.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1824 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ "Spain, 6 December 1978: Constitution". Direct Democracy (in German). Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Referéndum sobre el Proyecto de Constitución". congreso.es (in Spanish). Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

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