1966 Spanish organic law referendum

1966 Spanish organic law referendum
14 December 1966
Do you approve of the Organic Law of the State Bill?
Results
Choice
 Votes %
Yes 18,130,612 98.15%
No 342,338 1.85%
Valid votes 18,472,950 97.67%
Invalid or blank votes 440,687 2.33%
Total votes 18,913,637 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 21,301,540 88.79%
Government propaganda poster asking for the affirmative vote in the referendum.

A referendum on the new constitution or organic law was held in Spain on 14 December 1966, with all Spaniards over age 21 being allowed to participate. The question asked was "Do you approve of the Organic Law of the State Bill?" (Spanish: ¿Aprueba el Proyecto de Ley Orgánica del Estado?). It was approved by 98.1% of valid votes on a turnout of 88.8%.[1][2]

The Organic Law took effect as of January 1, 1967, and remained in place until the Spanish Constitution of 1978 was enacted by a referendum the same year, following Franco's death and the resumption of parliamentary government through a fully and directly elected assembly.[3]

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1823 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ "Spain, 14 December 1966: Organic Law of the State". sudd.ch (in German). Direct Democracy. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. ^ Roges Älmeberg, Franco - Diktator på livstid, s. 340