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{{Politics of Venezuela}}
The '''Venezuelan constitutional referendum of December 1999''' was held on 15 December 1999 to ratify the proposed [[Constitution of Venezuela]] drafted by the [[1999 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela|1999 National Constituent Assembly]]. The referendum coincided with the 14–16 December torrential rains which caused the [[Vargas tragedy]] in which tens of thousands of people died. The constitution was approved by around 72% of the voters, on a turnout of around 45%.


A '''constitutional referendum''' was held in [[Venezuela]] on 15 December 1999.<ref name=N1>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p555 ISBN 9780199283583</ref> Voters were asked whether they approved of the [[Constitution of Venezuela|new constitution]] drawn up by the Constitutional Assembly [[Venezuelan Constitutional Assembly election, 1999|elected]] earlier in the year. The question was:
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== Results ==
The referendum had only one question: "Do you endorse the new Constitution drafted by the National Constituent Assembly?"
{{blockquote|Do you endorse the new Constitution drafted by the National Constituent Assembly?}}


It was approved by 71.8% of voters, although turnout was only 44.4%.<ref>Nohlen, p567</ref>
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|+ <big>'''Results'''</big>
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==Results==
|- style="background:#efefef;"
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{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
! '''Question''' !! '''Yes''' !! Yes % !! '''No''' !! No% !! Spoiled !! Spoiled%
!Choice
!Votes
!%
|-
|-
|align=left|For||3,301,475||71.8
| '''One''' || '''3,301,475''' votes || '''71.78'''% || 1,298,105 votes ||28.22%||219,476|| 4.55%
|-
|-
|align=left|Against||1,298,105||28.2
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|-
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||220,206||–
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''4,819,786'''||'''100'''
|-
|align=left colspan=3|Source: Nohlen
|}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- align=center style="background:bisque1"
!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; !!&nbsp;&nbsp; Total&nbsp;&nbsp; !! %
|- align=center
|&nbsp; Electorate
|| 10,940,596 || 100%
|- align=center
|&nbsp; Total votes
||&nbsp; 4,819,056 || 44.05%<br />
|- align=center
|&nbsp; Total valid votes
||&nbsp;4,599,580 || 95.45%<br />
|- align=center
|&nbsp; Total invalid votes
||&nbsp; 219,476|| 4.55%<br />
|- align=center
|&nbsp; Abstention
||&nbsp;6,041,743 || 55.22%<br />
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|}
Source: [[National Electoral Council (Venezuela)|National Electoral Council]].<ref>{{es}} [[National Electoral Council (Venezuela)|National Electoral Council]], [http://www.cne.gov.ve/estadisticas/e010.pdf statistics]</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{reflist}}

==See also==
* [[Venezuelan constitutional referendum, April 1999]], which endorsed the National Constituent Assembly process


{{Venezuelan elections}}
{{Venezuelan elections}}
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A constitutional referendum was held in Venezuela on 15 December 1999.[1] Voters were asked whether they approved of the new constitution drawn up by the Constitutional Assembly elected earlier in the year. The question was:

Do you endorse the new Constitution drafted by the National Constituent Assembly?

It was approved by 71.8% of voters, although turnout was only 44.4%.[2]

Results

Choice Votes %
For 3,301,475 71.8
Against 1,298,105 28.2
Invalid/blank votes 220,206 –
Total 4,819,786 100
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 9780199283583
  2. ^ Nohlen, p567
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