A constitutional referendum was held in Spain on Wednesday, 6 December 1978, to gauge support for either the ratification or repealing of the Spanish Constitution which had been approved by the Cortes Generales on 31 October 1978. The question asked was "Do you approve of the Constitution Bill?" (Spanish: ¿Aprueba el Proyecto de Constitución?). The referendum resulted in 91.8% of valid votes in support of the bill on a turnout of 67.1%.[1][2][3]
Some Spanish media found up to 30% of irregularities in the census in certain provinces, with many people allegedly being unable to vote while others voted twice.[6]Adolfo Suárez's government had lowered voting age from 21 to 18 only three weeks before the referendum, which resulted in a made-up electoral register increasing by over 3 million people compared to the 1977 general election amid technical, administrative and logistical issues.[7]Interior Ministry officials acknowledged deviations of up to 5.1 per 100 in the electoral census—roughly 1.5 million people according to the National Institute of Statistics—resulting from the absence of an official electoral register and in an overreliance on data from municipal registers.[8]
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^ ab"Electoral Results Consultation. Referendum. December 1978. National totals". infoelectoral.mir.es (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
^"Editorial | Incompetencia y caos". El País (in Spanish). 7 December 1978. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^"Tribuna | El censo electoral: fundamento de la democracia (I)". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 4 April 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^"Participación de más del 70 por 100". Arriba (in Spanish). 7 December 1978. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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1978, spanish, constitutional, referendum, constitutional, referendum, held, spain, wednesday, december, 1978, gauge, support, either, ratification, repealing, spanish, constitution, which, been, approved, cortes, generales, october, 1978, question, asked, app. A constitutional referendum was held in Spain on Wednesday 6 December 1978 to gauge support for either the ratification or repealing of the Spanish Constitution which had been approved by the Cortes Generales on 31 October 1978 The question asked was Do you approve of the Constitution Bill Spanish Aprueba el Proyecto de Constitucion The referendum resulted in 91 8 of valid votes in support of the bill on a turnout of 67 1 1 2 3 1978 Spanish constitutional referendum6 December 1978 1978 12 06 Do you approve of the Constitution Bill The referendum ballotResultsChoice Votes Yes 15 706 078 91 81 No 1 400 505 8 19 Valid votes 17 106 583 95 71 Invalid or blank votes 766 688 4 29 Total votes 17 873 271 100 00 Registered voters turnout 26 632 180 67 11 Contents 1 Purpose 2 Results 2 1 Overall 2 2 Results by region 3 Issues 4 ReferencesPurpose EditThe new constitution was intended to replace the many constitutional laws of the Franco era the Fundamental Laws of the Realm and turn Spain into a constitutional monarchy by removing many of the King s powers The feat of creating a democratic system without breaking the structures of power of the state was made possible by the approval of the Political Reform Act of 1977 passed by the Francoist Cortes as the last Fundamental Law It had been drafted by the President of the Cortes Espanolas Torcuato Fernandez Miranda including changes that would replace the Cortes Espanolas with a Cortes Generales and supported by Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez and King Juan Carlos The law provided for the legalization of political parties and a democratic election to Constituent Cortes a committee of which then drafted the Constitution 4 Results EditOverall Edit QuestionDo you approve of the Constitution Bill Referendum results Choice Votes Yes 15 706 078 91 81No 1 400 505 8 19Valid votes 17 106 583 95 71Invalid or blank votes 766 688 4 29Total votes 17 873 271 100 00Registered voters turnout 26 632 180 67 11Source Ministry of the Interior 5 Results by region Edit Region Electorate Turnout Yes NoVotes Votes Andalusia 4 347 542 69 51 2 775 521 94 36 165 882 5 64Aragon 894 403 73 58 579 734 92 90 44 287 7 10Asturias 864 796 61 79 473 348 91 34 44 874 8 66Balearic Islands 450 115 70 18 282 598 94 88 15 251 5 12Basque Country 1 552 737 44 65 479 205 74 60 163 191 25 40Canary Islands 879 963 62 90 508 668 95 46 24 174 4 54Cantabria 374 559 71 15 222 559 87 01 33 232 12 99Castile and Leon 1 950 813 71 37 1 184 361 90 28 127 545 9 72Castilla La Mancha 1 207 525 73 82 751 614 87 74 105 034 12 26Catalonia 4 398 173 67 91 2 701 870 95 15 137 845 4 85Extremadura 765 235 70 51 481 808 92 40 39 637 7 60Galicia 2 107 613 50 20 942 097 93 84 61 892 6 16La Rioja 192 597 72 46 120 847 91 70 10 940 8 30Madrid 3 047 226 72 23 1 896 205 89 49 222 638 10 51Murcia 630 268 71 44 408 722 93 59 27 975 6 41Navarre 361 243 66 63 182 207 81 70 40 804 18 30Valencian Community 2 545 481 74 14 1 676 680 92 72 131 664 7 28Total 17 873 271 67 11 15 706 078 91 81 1 400 505 8 19Sources 5 Issues EditSome Spanish media found up to 30 of irregularities in the census in certain provinces with many people allegedly being unable to vote while others voted twice 6 Adolfo Suarez s government had lowered voting age from 21 to 18 only three weeks before the referendum which resulted in a made up electoral register increasing by over 3 million people compared to the 1977 general election amid technical administrative and logistical issues 7 Interior Ministry officials acknowledged deviations of up to 5 1 per 100 in the electoral census roughly 1 5 million people according to the National Institute of Statistics resulting from the absence of an official electoral register and in an overreliance on 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