1936 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum

Referendum in the Spanish region of Galicia Do you approve of the draft Statute of Autonomy of Galicia? Galicia 1936 07 04 y 993,351 6,161 1,000,963 1,343,155 A referendum on the approval of the Galician Statute of Autonomy was held in Galicia on Saturday, 4 July 1936. Voters were asked whether they ratified a proposed draft Statute of Autonomy Galicia. Article 12 of the Spanish Constitution of 1931 allowed for Spanish provinces to be organized into "autonomous regions", provided that a regional Statute was proposed by a majority of the provinces' municipalities comprising at least two-thirds of the provincial population and that two-thirds majority of all those eligible to vote accepted the draft Statute.Spanish Constitution of 1931 Gazette of Madrid Spanish 9 December 1931 http://www.congreso.es/docu/constituciones/1931/1931_cd.pdf 1 September 2019 The referendum resulted in 99.4% of valid votes in support of the draft Statute on a turnout of 74.5%, representing 74.0% of the electorate.This significant difference in votes between the two options was described as a "holy pucherazo" (meaning electoral fraud) by the statute's own supporters.El Santo Pucherazo Spanish https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/hemeroteca/2005/12/21/4363698.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20090620033757/https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/hemeroteca/2005/12/21/4363698.shtml 20 June 2009 However, the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War prevented the draft Statute from being submitted to the Spanish Cortes for its final approval.https://www.sudd.ch/event.php?lang=en&id=es011936 Galicia (Spain), 4 July 1936: Autonomy Statute German Direct Democracy 4 July 1936 1 September 2019 Results Do you approve of the draft Statute of Autonomy of Galicia? 993351 6161 1451 1343155 Direct Democracy See also 1931 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum 1933 Basque Statute of Autonomy referendum References Galicia Category:1936 in Galicia (Spain) Galicia Galicia Category:Referendums in Galicia (Spain) Category:Politics of the Second Spanish Republic