1968 Spanish Guinean constitutional referendum
11 August 1968
Do you approve with your vote the constitutional text prepared by the Constitutional Conference of Equatorial Guinea?
Results
Choice
 Votes  %
Yes 72,458 64.32%
No 40,197 35.68%
Valid votes 112,655 98.09%
Invalid or blank votes 2,198 1.91%
Total votes 114,853 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 125,253 91.7%

A constitutional referendum was held in Spanish Guinea on 11 August 1968, in order to prepare the country for independence from Francoist Spain. The new constitution would create a presidential republic with a 35-seat unicameral parliament, and was supported by 64.32% of voters with a turnout of 91.7%.[1] Elections were held according to the new constitution in September.

In a 1963 referendum voters had voted in favor of autonomy from Spain.[2]

Results

Choice Votes %
For72,45864.32
Against40,19735.68
Invalid/blank votes2,198−
Total115,853100
Source: African Elections Database

References

  1. ↑ Elections in Equatorial Guinea African Elections Database
  2. ↑ Okenve, Enrique N. (2014). "They Never Finished Their Journey: The Territorial Limits of Fang Ethnicity in Equatorial Guinea, 1930–1963". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 47 (2): 259–285. ISSN 0361-7882. JSTOR 24393407.
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