1992 Djiboutian constitutional referendum

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1992 Djiboutian constitutional referendum
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4 September 1992

Do you approve the new constitution?
For
98.05%
Against
1.95%
Do you approve of limiting party politics to a maximum of four parties?
For
97.89%
Against
2.11%

A constitutional referendum was held in Djibouti on 4 September 1992. The new constitution would restore multi-party democracy for the first time since independence. [1] A second question asked voters whether the number of political parties should be limited to four. Both were approved by over 97.9% of voters with a 75.2% turnout. [2] The first multi-party elections were held in December that year.

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Results

New constitution

ChoiceVotes%
For101,28798.1
Against2,0131.9
Invalid/blank votes1,504-
Total104,804100
Source: Nohlen et al.

Limit of four political parties

ChoiceVotes%
For101,12597.9
Against2,1772.1
Invalid/blank votes1,504-
Total104,804100
Source: Nohlen et al.

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References

  1. "Djibouti's Constitution of 1992 with Amendments through 2010" (PDF). Constitute. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p323 ISBN   0-19-829645-2