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Referendum on the creation of a Sidama region, 2019
20 November 2019 (2019-11-20)
Results
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
2,225,249
98.52%
No
33,463
1.48%
Valid votes
2,258,712
99.19%
Invalid or blank votes
18,351
0.81%
Total votes
2,277,063
100.00%
Registered voters/turnout
2,280,147
99.86%
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A referendum on the creation of a Sidama Region was held on regionalisation in the Sidama Zone of Ethiopia on 20 November 2019.[1][2] The creation of such a region is a long-standing claim of the Sidama people.
The management of the referendum and its likely centrifugal consequences on Ethiopia's system of ethnic federalism was seen as a crucial test for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's policy of democratic openness ahead of the 2020 general election.
^Ethiopia: Sidama's self-determination referendum set for Nov. 20
^"Hope, uncertainty as Ethiopia's Sidama gear up for statehood vote". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved Nov 20, 2019.
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