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1976 Spanish political reform referendum

Field	Value
title	Do you approve of the Political Reform Bill?
country	Spain
flag_year	1945
date
yes	16,573,180
no	450,102
total	17,599,562
electorate	22,644,290
map	1976 Spanish political reform referendum result map.svg
map_caption	Results by autonomous community

A referendum on political reform was held in Spain on Wednesday, 15 December 1976, to gauge support for either the ratification or repealing of the Political Reform Law which had been approved by the Cortes Españolas on 18 November 1976. The question asked was "Do you approve of the Political Reform Bill?" (). The referendum resulted in 97.4% of valid votes in support of the bill on a turnout of 77.7%.

Purpose

The Political Reform Law () was the last of the Fundamental Laws of the Realm and was approved by the Cortes on 18 November 1976. Its aim was to move away from the dictatorship of the Franco era and turn Spain into a constitutional monarchy with a parliament system based on representative democracy. It had been drafted by the President of the Cortes Españolas, Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (including changes that would replace the Cortes Españolas with a Cortes Generales), and supported by Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez and King Juan Carlos. The law provided for the legalisation of political parties and a democratic election to Constituent Cortes, a committee of which then drafted the Constitution.

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading choice's colour. The "Lead" columns on the right show the percentage-point difference between the "Yes" and "No" choices in a given poll.

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Total	Considering only
Yes/No totals	Yes	No	Invalid/
Blank	Lead	Yes	No	Lead
[1976 referendum](1976-spanish-political-reform-referendum-results)	15 Dec 1976		73.2	2.0	2.5	22.3	–	71.2	97.4	2.6	94.8
IFOP	29 Nov–6 Dec 1976	1,439	80.0	4.0	16.0	–	–	76.0	95.0	5.0	90.0

Results

Overall

Question

Results by region

Electorate	Turnout	Yes	No	Votes	%	Votes
Andalusia	3,622,509	81.90	2,840,336	98.16	53,219	1.84
Aragon	798,926	85.32	642,779	97.80	14,464	2.20
Asturias	740,394	73.02	502,438	95.82	21,905	4.18
Balearic Islands	379,205	84.22	303,624	98.21	5,522	1.79
Basque Country	1,277,885	53.86	627,499	96.47	22,956	3.53
Canary Islands	740,781	75.51	537,626	98.34	9,099	1.66
Cantabria	282,506	78.22	198,337	93.05	14,812	6.95
Castile and León	1,687,294	82.52	1,305,391	97.26	36,744	2.74
Castilla–La Mancha	1,052,985	84.71	840,286	96.21	33,058	3.79
Catalonia	3,710,652	74.10	2,567,147	97.79	58,146	2.21
Extremadura	675,902	81.97	532,170	97.96	11,067	2.04
Galicia	1,837,841	69.84	1,225,329	98.04	24,547	1.96
La Rioja	140,606	87.15	133,862	98.30	2,312	1.70
Madrid	2,612,402	78.21	1,883,630	95.91	80,304	4.09
Murcia	540,602	82.41	427,251	97.70	10,046	2.30
Navarre	318,797	73.63	217,879	96.99	6,766	3.01
Valencian Community	2,149,069	85.72	1,745,436	97.58	43,286	2.42
Total	22,644,290	77.72	16,573,180	97.36	450,102	2.64

References

[[Dieter Nohlen. Nohlen, D]] & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1824 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
"Spain, 15 December 1976: Political Reform Act". Direct Democracy.
"Referéndum sobre el Proyecto de Ley para la Reforma Política". Congress of Deputies.
(6 December 1978). "1978: Spain set to vote for democracy". BBC News.
(15 December 1976). "El 80% votará "sí" en el referéndum". El País.
"Electoral Results Consultation. Referendum. December 1976. National totals". Ministry of the Interior.

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