Jump to content

2006 Dinagat Islands creation plebiscite: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead. #IABot (v1.5.1)
Line 10: Line 10:
==Results==
==Results==
{{referendum
{{referendum
|title=Plebiscite for the approval of Republic Act 9355<ref>[http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2006/12/05/news/dinagat.isles.land.provincehood.status.html Dinagat isles land provincehood status], SunStar Cagayan de Oro</ref>
|title=Plebiscite for the approval of Republic Act 9355<ref>[http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2006/12/05/news/dinagat.isles.land.provincehood.status.html Dinagat isles land provincehood status] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210023613/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2006/12/05/news/dinagat.isles.land.provincehood.status.html |date=2006-12-10 }}, SunStar Cagayan de Oro</ref>
|yes=70,058
|yes=70,058
|yespct=52.60
|yespct=52.60

Revision as of 22:01, 10 September 2017

The Dinagat Islands creation plebiscite was a plebiscite on the creation of the Province of Dinagat Islands from Surigao del Norte province in the Philippines. The plebiscite was held on December 2, 2006, and the results were announced on December 5, 2006.

Referendum question

The Dinagat Islands creation plebiscite was supervised and officiated by the COMELEC pursuant to Resolution No. 7743.

The question of the said plebiscite was:

DO YOU APPROVE OF THE CREATION OF THE PROVINCE OF DINAGAT ISLANDS INTO A DISTINCT AND INDEPENDENT PROVINCE COMPRISING THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BASILISA, CAGDIANAO, DINAGAT, LIBJO (ALBOR), LORETO, SAN JOSE AND TUBAJON IN THE PROVINCE OF SURIGAO DEL NORTE, PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9355

Results

Plebiscite for the approval of Republic Act 9355[1]
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Yes 70,058 52.60
No 63,144 47.40
Total votes 133,202 100.00

San Jose was chosen as the capital of the new province.

Notes

  1. ^ Dinagat isles land provincehood status Archived 2006-12-10 at the Wayback Machine, SunStar Cagayan de Oro