1979 Basque Statute of Autonomy referendum

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"Do you approve of the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country Bill?"
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"Yes" ballot for the referendum in Spanish (left) and in Basque (right).
Date 25 October 1979 (1979-10-25)
Results
Votes  %
Yes check.svg YesY Yes 831,839 94.60%
X mark.svg N No 47,529 5.40%
Valid votes 879,368 95.43%
Invalid or blank votes 42,068 4.57%
Total votes 921,436 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 1,565,541 58.86%

A referendum on the approval of the Basque Statute of Autonomy was held in the Basque Country on Thursday, 25 October 1979. Voters were asked whether they ratified a proposed Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country bill organizing the historical territories of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa into an autonomous community of Spain. The final draft of the bill had been approved by the Basque parliamentary assembly on 29 December 1978, but it required ratification through a binding referendum and its subsequent approval by the Spanish Cortes Generales, as established by Article 151 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978.[1][2][3]

The question asked was "Do you approve of the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country Bill?" (Spanish: ¿Aprueba el proyecto de Estatuto de Autonomía para el País Vasco?).[4] The referendum resulted in 94.6% of valid votes in support of the bill on a turnout of 58.9%.[5][6] Once approved, the bill was submitted to the consideration of the Cortes Generales, which accepted it on 29 November (in the Congress of Deputies) and 12 December (in the Spanish Senate), receiving royal assent on 18 December and published in the Official State Gazette on 22 December 1979.[7][8]

Results

Overall

Question
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Do you approve of the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country Bill?
Choice Votes  %
Referendum passed Yes 831,839 94.60
No 47,529 5.40
Valid votes 879,368 95.43
Invalid or blank votes 42,068 4.47
Total votes 921,436 100.00
Registered voters and turnout 1,565,541 58.86
Source: Basque Government[9]

Results by province

Province Electorate Turnout Yes No
Votes  % Votes  %
Álava 174,930 63.23 92,535 90.23 10,023 9.77
Biscay 883,609 57.49 460,905 94.81 25,216 5.19
Gipuzkoa 507,002 59.73 278,399 95.77 12,290 4.23
Total 1,565,541 58.86 831,839 94.60 47,529 5.40

See also

References

  1. ↑ Constitución Española, 29 December 1978 Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish)
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  8. ↑ Statute of Autonomy for the Basque Country of 1979, Organic Law No. 3 of 18 December 1979 Official State Gazette (in Spanish)
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