Democratic Republic of the Congo constitutional referendum, 1967

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A constitutional referendum was held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 4 and 16 June 1967. The new constitution created a unitary state with a presidential system, whereby the president would be selected by a unicameral National Assembly and then approved by a referendum. It also abolished presidential term limits, limited the number of political parties to two, and gave women the vote.^[1]

The prosposed constitution was approved by 97.8% of voters.^[2]

Results

Choice	Votes	%
For	8,220,000	97.8
Against	184,907	2.2
Invalid/blank votes		-
Total	8,404,907	100
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ DRC: Elections under the Second Republic EISA
↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p291 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

Elections and referendums in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Presidential elections	1970 1977 1984 2006 2011 2016

Parliamentary elections	1960 1965 1970 1975 1977 1982 1987 2006 2011 2016

Senatorial elections	2007 2014

Gubernatorial elections	2007 2009 2014

Local elections	1957 1959

Referendums	1964 1967 1973 2005

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