1968 Spanish Guinean constitutional referendum
11 August 1968 |
Do you approve with your vote the constitutional text prepared by the Constitutional Conference of Equatorial Guinea?
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 72,458 | 64.32% |
No | 40,197 | 35.68% |
Valid votes | 112,655 | 98.09% |
Invalid or blank votes | 2,198 | 1.91% |
Total votes | 114,853 | 100.00% |
Registered voters/turnout | 125,253 | 91.7% |
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A constitutional referendum was held in Spanish Guinea on 11 August 1968, in order to prepare the country for independence from Francoist Spain. The new constitution would create a presidential republic with a 35-seat unicameral parliament, and was supported by 64.32% of voters with a turnout of 91.7%.[1] Elections were held according to the new constitution in September.
In a 1963 referendum voters had voted in favor of autonomy from Spain.[2]
Results
Choice | Votes | % |
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For | 72,458 | 64.32 |
Against | 40,197 | 35.68 |
Invalid/blank votes | 2,198 | − |
Total | 115,853 | 100 |
Source: African Elections Database |
References
- ^ Elections in Equatorial Guinea African Elections Database
- ^ Okenve, Enrique N. (2014). "They Never Finished Their Journey: The Territorial Limits of Fang Ethnicity in Equatorial Guinea, 1930–1963". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 47 (2): 259–285. ISSN 0361-7882. JSTOR 24393407.