Jump to content

1979 Republic of the Congo constitutional referendum

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by BrownHairedGirl (talk | contribs) at 14:13, 17 July 2016 (Cat-a-lot: Moving from Category:Constitutional referendums to Category:Constitutional referendums in the Republic of the Congo). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

A constitutional referendum was held in the Republic of the Congo on 8 July 1979. The new constitution was approved by 96.93% of voters,[1] with a 90.3% turnout.[2]

Results

Choice Votes %
For 707,421 96.9
Against 22,284 3.1
Invalid/blank votes 16,277 -
Total 746,082 100
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ^ Elections in Congo-Brazzaville African Elections Database
  2. ^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p269 ISBN 0-19-829645-2