1998_Portuguese_regionalisation_referendum

1998 Portuguese regionalisation referendum

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A referendum on creating administrative regions was held in Portugal on 8 November 1998.^[1] Two proposals were put to voters, the first on implementing the regions, and the second specifically asking whether voters approved of the new region for their area. The proposals were rejected by wide margins by voters.^[2]

Proposal of 8 administrative regions put forward in the referendum.

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[NS-1] [1]
Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1542 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

[N1-2] [2]
Nohlen & Stöver, p1551

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Choice	Votes	%
No	2,530,802	63.52
Yes	1,453,749	36.48
Valid votes	3,984,551	95.84
Invalid or blank votes	172,976	4.16
Total votes	4,157,527	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	8,640,026	48.12
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Referendum results (excluding invalid votes)
Yes 1,453,749 (36.5%)	No 2,530,802 (63.5%)
▲ 50%

Choice	Votes	%
No	2,457,604	63.93
Yes	1,386,718	36.07
Valid votes	3,844,322	96.94
Invalid or blank votes	121,531	3.06
Total votes	3,965,853	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	8,243,030	48.11
Source: STAPE

Referendum results (excluding invalid votes)
Yes 1,386,718 (36.1%)	No 2,457,604 (63.9%)
▲ 50%

1998_Portuguese_regionalisation_referendum

1998 Portuguese regionalisation referendum

Political positions

Results

Question I

Question II

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