A referendum to approve the autonomy statute of Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia was held on 4 May 2008. The vote resulted from strains between the Prefecture of Santa Cruz and President Evo Morales. The referendum was declared illegal and unconstitutional by the National Electoral Court.[1][2][3] Final results from the referendum showed that 85.6% of participating voters supported autonomy.[4] Abstention rates were 37.9%.[5] Partisans of the Movement for Socialism called for a boycott of the vote,[citation needed] and the Guarayo, Guaraní, Chiquitano, Ayoreo, Yuracaré-Moxeño indigenous peoples were urged to reject holding the vote in their territories.[6]
Similar referendums were held in Beni Department and Pando Department on 1 June 2008 (see 2008 Bolivian autonomy referendums) and in Tarija Department on 22 June 2008 (see 2008 Tarija autonomy referendum).[7]
^"Agencia Boliviana de Informacion, 3 May 2009". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
^Bolivia Information Forum Bulletin May 2008
^Illegal Autonomy Referendum Deepens Division in Bolivia, Andean Information Network, Thursday, 17 April 2008
^Corte Departmental Electoral de Santa Cruz[permanent dead link]
^Corte Departmental Electoral de Santa Cruz[permanent dead link]
^"Pueblos indígenas cruceños declaran su autonomía y no votarán el referendum oligárquico del 4 de mayo". 5 April 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
^AFP: Defying Morales, two Bolivian provinces back autonomy Archived 20 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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