1936 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum

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1936 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum
Flag of Galicia.svg
4 July 1936 (1936-07-04)
Do you approve of the draft Statute of Autonomy of Galicia?
Results
Choice
Votes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svgYes993,35199.38%
Light brown x.svgNo6,1610.62%
Valid votes999,51299.86%
Invalid or blank votes1,4510.14%
Total votes1,000,963100.00%
Registered voters/turnout1,343,15574.52%

A referendum on the approval of the Galician Statute of Autonomy was held in Galicia on Saturday, 4 July 1936. Voters were asked whether they ratified a proposed draft Statute of Autonomy Galicia. Article 12 of the Spanish Constitution of 1931 allowed for Spanish provinces to be organized into "autonomous regions", provided that a regional Statute was proposed by a majority of the provinces' municipalities comprising at least two-thirds of the provincial population and that two-thirds majority of all those eligible to vote accepted the draft Statute. [1]

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The referendum resulted in 99.4% of valid votes in support of the draft Statute on a turnout of 74.5%, representing 74.0% of the electorate.This significant difference in votes between the two options was described as a "holy pucherazo" (meaning electoral fraud) by the statute's own supporters. [2] However, the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War prevented the draft Statute from being submitted to the Spanish Cortes for its final approval. [3]

Results

Do you approve of the draft Statute of Autonomy of Galicia?
ChoiceVotes%
For993,35199.38
Against6,1610.62
Total999,512100.00
Valid votes999,51299.86
Invalid/blank votes1,4510.14
Total votes1,000,963100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,343,15574.52
Source: Direct Democracy [3]

See also

References

  1. Spanish Constitution of 1931 (PDF). Gazette of Madrid (in Spanish). 9 December 1931. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  2. El Santo Pucherazo (in Spanish).
  3. 1 2 "Galicia (Spain), 4 July 1936: Autonomy Statute". Direct Democracy (in German). 4 July 1936. Retrieved 1 September 2019.