Talk:2005 Iraqi constitutional referendum

Table versions

Funny, I put up the first results table, then someone else puts up a nearly-identical one, and mine is the one that gets tossed away. Real good.

--153.2.246.33 19:47, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Yes, and I see my map got bumped too. I rather liked my colour scheme, but admittedly the current map has the advantage of making it quite obvious which were Yes'es and which were No's; and it's also got a legend, which I hadn't bothered to include. So it's all part of Wikipedia's rich pagent. Onward and upward, QuartierLatin 1968 02:31, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Veto requirements

I was reading previously on Wikipedia that it would be rejected if two provinces voted "no". Hum....

No, three, and it had to be a supermajority.

Results table

Governorate	Demographics	Votes	% For	% Against
1 Baghdad	Capital and surrounding area		77.7	22.3
2 Salah ad Din	Overwhelmingly Sunni Arab		18.25	81.75
3 Diyala			51.27	48.73
4 Wasit	Shi'ite majority		95.7	4.3
5 Maysan	Shi'ite majority		97.79	2.21
6 Al Basrah	Shi'ite majority		96.02	3.98
7 Dhi Qar	Shi'ite majority		97.15	2.85
8 Al Muthanna	Shi'ite majority		98.65	1.35
9 Al Qadisyah	Shi'ite majority		96.74	3.32
10 Babil	Shi'ite majority		94.56	5.44
11 Al Karbala	Shi'ite majority		96.58	3.42
12 An Najaf	Shi'ite majority		95.82	4.18
13 Al Anbar	Overwhelmingly Sunni Arab		3.04	96.9
14 Ninawa	Mostly Sunni Arabs		44.92	55.08
15 Dahuk	Part of Kurdish Autonomous Region		99.13	0.87
16 Arbil	Seat of Kurdistan Regional Government		99.36	0.64
17 At Ta'mim			62.91	37.09
18 As Sulaymaniyah	Part of Kurdish Autonomous Region		98.96	1.04
Total			78.59	21.41

Somebody who isn't supposed to be busy at work can maybe make these BBC data into a table (they're the basis for my map):

       Yes      No
Irbil 	99.36 	0.64 yellow
Dahuk 	99.13 	0.87 yellow
Sulaimaniya 	98.96 	1.04 yellow
Muthanna 	98.65 	1.35 yellow
Maysan 	97.79 	2.21 yellow
Dhiqar 	97.15 	2.85 yellow
Qadisiya 	96.74 	3.32 yellow
Kerbala 	96.58 	3.42 yellow
Basra 	96.02 	3.98 yellow
Najaf 	95.82 	4.18 yellow
Wasit 	95.70 	4.3 yellow
Babil 	94.56 	5.44 yellow
Baghdad 	77.70 	22.3 gold
Kirkuk 	62.91 	37.09 light orange
Diyala 	51.27 	48.73 dark orange
Nineveh 	44.92 	55.08* dark orange
Salahuddin 	18.25 	81.75 scarlet
Anbar 	3.04 	96.9 dark red
(National total 	78.59 	21.41)

— QuartierLatin 1968 17:07, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Would it be possible to find the turnout percentages of each invidual voting district?

I changed the labels on the chart to "Sunni Arab majority" rather than "overwhelmingly sunni arab." I felt that it was inconsistent with "Shi'ite majority" and has connotations that are negative (ie, that sunni arabs are "overwhelming" an area).Pageblank 23:32, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

First Hand Account

I'm not sure if it's something you'd want on this page, but I found this first-hand photo-essay account of the event: [link removed to reduce SEO]... I know some wikis don't like random people adding external links, so I thought I'd post it here first. 158.4.56.6 16:48, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

If it fits, then don't worry about asking. They say you are supposed to be "bold" when adding content. 70.120.210.190 16:10, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

I do not agree. The policy is different when it comes to external links. - Pernambuco 04:08, 1 October 2006 (UTC)