Burmese constitutional referendum, 1973

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A constitutional referendum was held in Burma on 15 December 1973.^[1] The new constitution was approved by 94.5% of voters, with voter turnout reported to be 95.5%.^[2]

Results

Choice	Votes	%
For	13,312,801	94.45
Against	781,559	5.55
Invalid/blank votes		–
Total	14,094,360	100
Registered voters/turnout	14,760,036	95.49
Source: Direct Democracy

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p603 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
↑ Nohlen et al., p610

Elections and referendums in Myanmar

General elections	1922 1925 1928 1932 1936 1947 1951–52 1956 1960 1974 1978 1981 1985 1990 2010 2015

By-elections	2012

Referendums	1973 2008

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