Constitutional referendum in Turkey in 1961

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The Turkish constitutional referendum of 1961 was held on July 9, 1961.

After the military coup in 1960 , the Turkish armed forces initiated the drafting of a new constitution to replace the 1924 constitution . The text of this new constitution was then submitted to the people for a vote and, with a turnout of 81.0%, it was approved by 61.7% of the electorate. The 1961 constitution then came into force on July 20, 1961.

Results

choice be right proportion of
For 6,348,191 61.7%
Against 3,934,370 38.3%
Invalid 39,608 -
total 10,322,169 100%

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ D. Nohlen, F. Grotz, C. Hartmann: Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford 2001, ISBN 0-19-924958-X , p. 254.