Venezuelan constitutional referendum, December 1999

A constitutional referendum was held in Venezuela on 15 December 1999.^[1] Voters were asked whether they approved of the new constitution drawn up by the Constitutional Assembly elected earlier in the year. The question was:

Do you endorse the new Constitution drafted by the National Constituent Assembly?

It was approved by 71.8% of voters, although turnout was only 44.4%.^[2]

Results

Choice	Votes	%
For	3,301,475	71.8
Against	1,298,105	28.2
Invalid/blank votes	220,206	–
Total	4,819,786	100
Source: Nohlen

References

1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p555 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
2. Nohlen, p567