There was going to be a national referendum.

This was however, turned down by a plebiscite.

This is a roundup of tweets related to the referendum.

This is a roundup of reaction to referendum results.

After a general election and a referendum, Constantine I was restored.

Javier Fernández Lasquetty, healthcare advisor for Madrid, has tried to disqualify the referendum by calling it a parody and a mock referendum, and has argued that it does not truly represent the will of the people.

2003 In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.

1994 In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.

He declared the election to be a referendum on postal privatization.

The constitution also provides for the recall of the president by a referendum.

Through a referendum, the UK has voted to leave the European Union.

The Danes rejected the euro as the national currency in a referendum in 2000.

In order to settle the political differences in the country President Banisadr had asked for a referendum.

Pascal Ladu posts a podcast capturing the historical moment when the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission declared the official preliminary referendum results in Juba A large crowd of Southern Sudanese gathered at the Mausoleum of Dr. John Garang in Juba to celebrate the announcement of the official preliminary referendum results on Sunday.

In a number of Member States , ratification procedures will involve holding a referendum . ECB Annual Report 2004

Murzaki posts a photo report from the constitutional referendum in Bishkek, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan.

November 13 Voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union in a referendum.

Chávez survived several further political tests, including an August 2004 recall referendum.

In Liechtenstein, women were given the right to vote by the women's suffrage referendum of 1984.

After a little more than a year, the National Assembly produced a new Constitution.

The plebiscite was held on 10 April and officially recorded a support of 99.7 of the voters.

It was already clear that Cameron wanted to push any possibility of a referendum into the most distant possible future.

Plans were drawn up to hold general elections with a view to independence in 1978.

This post is part of our special coverage South Sudan Referendum 2011.

In total, 7,676,894 Venezuelans voted in the referendum, and results showed overwhelming support for the yes side.

On 18 April 1999 the Swiss population and the cantons voted in favour of a completely revised federal constitution.

The year of the promised referendum, 2017, is comfortably far away.

Direct Democracy The Politics Of Initiative, Referendum, And Recall.

On May 5th 1999, Portugal and Indonesia signed a document agreeing to hold a UN supervised referendum.

This shift could also be one of the impulses behind the upcoming Family Referendum.

Iceland formally became an independent republic on June 17, 1944, with Sveinn Björnsson as its first President.

Other data taken from the referendum results points to a clash of generations.

What's next?

The de facto republic governed by the secessionist government held a second independence referendum on 12 November 2006, after its first referendum in 1992 was not recognized by most governments as valid.

In 2009, Venezuelans turned out en masse against a different referendum, one that abolished term limits for the president.

If a referendum in Germany were held today, the supporters of a eurozone exit would win hands down.

It should also be mentioned that , after a referendum , Denmark decided not to apply for adoption of the euro .

Known as Brexit, the result of the referendum will have a massive impact not just in Europe but in many parts of the world.

If the government is afraid of the electoral consequences of legalization, then call a referendum on the policy and let the people decide.

This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, or a law.

History On 21 September 1991 a national referendum proclaimed Armenia as an independent republic from the Soviet Union.

1995 referendum On May 14, 1995, a referendum was conducted in all regions of Belarus.

It is not just the local councillors and state and federal politicians being lobbied.

Since a referendum in 1995, the country has had two official languages Belarusian and Russian.

Chadians approved a new constitution by referendum, and in 1996, Déby easily won a competitive presidential election.