Federation referendum in Egypt in 1971

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The federal referendum in Egypt in 1971 took place on September 1, 1971. The establishment of the Federation of Arab Republics was voted on and a referendum was held in Libya at the same time . With 97.1% turnout, 99.9% of voters voted for the proposal.

Sadat (seated left), Gaddafi (center) and Assad (seated right) seal the federation in Benghazi on April 17, 1971

Results

choice be right proportion of
For 7,770,962 99.96%
Against 3,404 0.04%
Invalid 2,471
total 7,776,837 100.0%

Source: sudd.ch

literature

  • Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen, Klaus Landfried (eds.): The election of parliaments and other state organs / Volume II: Africa: Political organization and representation in Africa De Gruyter, 1978, ISBN 978-3-11-004518-5
  • Dieter Nohlen, Bernhard Thibaut, Michael Krennerich (Eds.): Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 978-0-19-829645-4

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Egypt, September 1, 1971: Formation of the United Arab Republic , sudd.ch