A constitutional referendum was held in Turkey on 6 September 1987 to amend article 4 of the constitution, which had forbidden the leaders of banned parties (a total of 242 people) from taking part in politics for 10 years. The governing party ANAP agreed to the referendum after a compromise with the opposition parties regarding constitutional changes. ANAP campaigned for No, while most opposition parties campaigned for Yes vote. The changes were narrowly approved by 50.2% of voters, with a 93.36% turnout.[1]
Results
Turkish constitutional referendum, 1987
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
11,711,461
50.2
No
11,636,395
49.8
Valid votes
23,347,856
95.5
Invalid or blank votes
1,088,965
4.5
Total votes
24,436,821
100.00
Registered voters/turnout
26,095,630
93.6
References
^Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p254 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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