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Spanish political reform referendum, 1976
Choice
Votes
%
Y Yes
16,573,180
97.36%
N No
450,102
2.64%
Valid votes
17,023,282
96.73%
Invalid or blank votes
576,280
3.27%
Total votes
17,599,562
100.00%
Registered voters/turnout
22,644,290
77.72%
A Spanish political reform referendum was held on Wednesday, 15 December 1976, to gauge support for either the ratification or repealing of the Political Reform Act which had been approved by the Spanish Cortes on 18 November 1976. The question asked was "Do you approve of the Political Reform Bill?" (Spanish : "¿Aprueba el Proyecto de Ley para la Reforma Política?" ). The referendum resulted in 97.4% of voters supporting the bill on a turnout of 77.7%.[1]
Purpose
The Political Reform Act (Spanish : Ley 1/1977 de 4 de enero ) was the last of the Fundamental Laws of the Realm and was approved by the Cortes on 18 November 1976. Its aim was to move away from the dictatorship of the Franco era and turn Spain into a constitutional monarchy with a parliament system based on representative democracy . It had been drafted by Torcuato Fernández Miranda , then President of the Cortes, and supported by Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez and King Juan Carlos . The law provided for the legalisation of political parties and a democratic election to Constituent Cortes , a committee of which then drafted the Constitution.[2]
Opinion polls
Polling firm/Commissioner
Fieldwork date
Sample size
Yes
No
Other/ Abst.
?
Lead
1976 referendum
15 Dec 1976
—
94.5
2.6
3.0
—
91.9
IFOP[3]
29 Nov–6 Dec 1976
1,439
80.0
4.0
16.0
—
76.0
Results
Overall
Referendum results
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
16,573,180
97.36
No
450,102
2.64
Results by region
Region
Electorate
Turnout
Yes
No
Votes
%
Votes
%
Andalusia
3,622,509
81.90
2,840,336
98.16
53,219
1.84
Aragon
798,926
85.32
642,779
97.80
14,464
2.20
Asturias
740,394
73.02
502,438
95.82
21,905
4.18
Balearic Islands
379,205
84.22
303,624
98.21
5,522
1.79
Basque Country
1,277,885
53.86
627,499
96.47
22,956
3.53
Canary Islands
740,781
75.51
537,626
98.34
9,099
1.66
Cantabria
282,506
78.22
198,337
93.05
14,812
6.95
Castile and León
1,687,294
82.52
1,305,391
97.26
36,744
2.74
Castilla–La Mancha
1,052,985
84.71
840,286
96.21
33,058
3.79
Catalonia
3,710,652
74.10
2,567,147
97.79
58,146
2.21
Extremadura
675,902
81.97
532,170
97.96
11,067
2.04
Galicia
1,837,841
69.84
1,225,329
98.04
24,547
1.96
La Rioja
140,606
87.15
133,862
98.30
2,312
1.70
Madrid
2,612,402
78.21
1,883,630
95.91
80,304
4.09
Murcia
540,602
82.41
427,251
97.70
10,046
2.30
Navarre
318,797
73.63
217,879
96.99
6,766
3.01
Valencian Community
2,149,069
85.72
1,745,436
97.58
43,286
2.42
Total
22,644,290
77.72
16,573,180
97.36
450,102
2.64
References
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