Panamanian constitutional referendum, 1998

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A constitutional referendum was held in Panama on 30 August 1998.^[1] Voters were asked whether they approved of amending the 1972 constitution to allow the President to be re-elected.^[2] Only 34.3% voted in favour of the reforms,^[2] with a turnout of 65.4%.

Results

Choice	Votes	%
For	385,885	34.33
Against	716,401	63.73
Invalid/blank votes	21,827	1.94
Total	1,124,112	100
Registered voters/turnout	1,718,603	65.4
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p518 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
1 2 Nohlen, p525

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