2009 Vincentian constitutional referendum information
2009 Vincentian constitutional referendum
25 November 2009
Do you approve the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Constitution 2009 passed in the House of Assembly on the 3rd of September 2009 to provide the new Constitution for St.Vincent and the Grenadines?
Results
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
22,646
43.71%
No
29,167
56.29%
Valid votes
51,813
99.14%
Invalid or blank votes
449
0.86%
Total votes
52,262
100.00%
Registered voters/turnout
97,724
53.48%
Politics of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Executive
Monarch
Charles III
Governor-General
Dame Susan Dougan
Prime Minister
Ralph Gonsalves
Cabinet
Legislative
House of Assembly
Speaker: Rochelle Forde
Elections
Recent elections
General: 2015
2020
2025
Political parties
Administrative divisions (parishes)
Foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Ralph Gonsalves
Diplomatic missions of / in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Passport
Visa requirements
Visa policy
Other countries
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A constitutional referendum was held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 25 November 2009.[1] Voters were asked whether they approved of a new constitution which would have replaced the constitution in force since independence in 1979.[2][3] The proposal was supported by only 43.13% of voters in the referendum, well short of the required two-thirds threshold. If approved, the proposed constitution would have abolished the monarchy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, at the time headed by Queen Elizabeth II,[3] and would have given more power to the opposition.[2] The referendum was the first of its kind to be held by a member of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States.[1]
^ ab"CARICOM Secretariat team to observe St Vincent and the Grenadines referendum". Caribbean Net News. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2009.[dead link]
^ abBrowne, Juhel (11 November 2009). "Gonsalves: No executive president for St. Vincent". Trinidad and Tobago Express. Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
^ abElizabeth II (26 July 1979), Constitution of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 50.1, Kingstown: Queen's Printer, archived from the original on 16 November 2020, retrieved 26 November 2009
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