1981 Andalusian Statute of Autonomy referendum

1981 Andalusian Statute of Autonomy referendum
20 October 1981 (1981-10-20)
"Do you approve of the Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia Bill?"
Results
Choice
 Votes %
checkY Yes 2,172,577 92.74%
☒N No 170,190 7.26%
Valid votes 2,342,767 96.39%
Invalid or blank votes 87,836 3.61%
Total votes 2,430,603 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 4,543,836 53.49%

A referendum on the approval of the Andalusian Statute of Autonomy was held in Andalusia on Tuesday, 20 October 1981. Voters were asked whether they ratified a proposed Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia bill organizing the provinces of Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Seville into an autonomous community of Spain. The final draft of the bill had been approved by the Andalusian Assembly of Parliamentarians on 1 March 1981, but it required ratification through a binding referendum and its subsequent approval by the Spanish Cortes Generales, as established under Article 151 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978.[1] The referendum was held simultaneously with a regional election in Galicia.

The referendum resulted in 92.7% of valid votes in support of the bill on a turnout of 53.5%.[2][3] Once approved, the bill was submitted to the consideration of the Cortes Generales, which accepted it on 17 December 1981 (in the Congress of Deputies) and 23 December (in the Spanish Senate), receiving royal assent on 30 December and published in the Official State Gazette on 11 January 1982.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Aprobado el Estatuto con la oposición del PSA". El País (in Spanish). 3 March 1981. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Andalusia (Spain), 20 October 1981: Autonomy Statute". sudd.ch (in German). Direct Democracy. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Referéndum sobre el proyecto de Estatuto de Autonomía para Andalucía". congreso.es (in Spanish). Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Sinopsis del Estatuto de Andalucía". congreso.es (in Spanish). Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  5. ^ Ley Orgánica 6/1981, de 30 de diciembre, de Estatuto de Autonomía para Andalucía. Boletín Oficial del Estado (Organic Law 2) (in Spanish). 30 December 1981. Retrieved 1 September 2019.