Turkish constitutional referendum, 1988

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A constitutional referendum was held in Turkey on 25 September 1988. The proposed changes to the constitution would have led to the 1989 local elections being held a year early. However, they were voted down, with 65% of voters against. Turnout was 88.8%.^[1]

Results

Turkish constitutional referendum, 1988
Choice	Votes	%
No	14,921,945	65.0
Yes	8,034,933	35.0
Valid votes	22,956,878	96.6
Invalid or blank votes	793,995	3.4
Total votes	23,750,873	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	26,739,227	88.8

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p254 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

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Elections and referendums in Turkey

Presidential elections	2014

General elections	1923 1927 1931 1935 1939 1943 1946 1950 1954 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2002 2007 2011 2015 (Jun) 2015 (Nov) next

Local elections	1930 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1955 1963 1968 1973 1977 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Senate elections	1961 1964 1966 1968 1973 1975 1977 1979

Referendums	1961 1982 1987 1988 2007 2010 2017

By-elections	1986 2003

See also: Elections in the Ottoman Empire

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