Referendum or popular consultation
Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum, 1936
Voters overwhelmingly approved a draft Statute of Autonomy, but the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War prevented it from ever taking effect.
What happened
On 4 July 1936, Galician voters approved a draft Statute of Autonomy by a lopsided margin: 993,351 votes (99.38%) in favour against 6,161 (0.62%) opposed, on a turnout of about 74.5%.[1] Some contemporary and later commentators, including supporters of the Statute, described the result as showing signs of electoral irregularity.[2]
Fewer than three weeks later the Spanish Civil War broke out, preventing the draft Statute from being submitted to the Spanish Cortes for final ratification; it never took effect.[3]
Sources for this page
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Claim: On 4 July 1936, Galician voters approved a draft Statute of Autonomy by referendum, with 993,351 votes (99.38%) in favour and 6,161 (0.62%) against, on a turnout of about 74.5%.
- 1936 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum (Wikipedia) link, Results section. Source record
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Claim: Contemporary and later commentators, including some of the Statute's own supporters, described the lopsided 1936 result as showing signs of electoral irregularity ("pucherazo").
- 1936 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum (Wikipedia) link, summary of contemporary commentary. Source record
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Claim: The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War less than three weeks after the 1936 referendum prevented the draft Statute from being submitted to the Spanish Cortes for final ratification, so it never took effect.
- Statute of Autonomy of Galicia of 1936 (Wikipedia) link, Aftermath section. Source record
- 1936 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum (Wikipedia) link, Aftermath section. Source record