1979 Basque Statute of Autonomy referendum

Referendum in the Spanish region of the Basque Country "Do you approve of the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country Bill?" Basque Country 1979 Basque Statute referendum vote.jpg "Yes" ballot for the referendum in Spanish (left) and in Basque (right). 1979 10 25 y 12 Yes 12 No 831,839 47,529 921,436 1,565,541 A referendum on the approval of the Basque Statute of Autonomy was held in the Basque Country on Thursday, 25 October 1979. Voters were asked whether they ratified a proposed Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country bill organizing the historical territories of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa into an autonomous community of Spain. The final draft of the bill had been approved by the Basque parliamentary assembly on 29 December 1978, but it required ratification through a binding referendum and its subsequent approval by the Spanish Cortes Generales, as established by Article 151 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978.Constitución Española Constitution Boletín Oficial del Estado Spanish 29 December 1978 https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1978-31229&tn=1&p=19781229 1 September 2019https://app.congreso.es/consti/constitucion/indice/sinopsis/sinopsis.jsp?art=151&tipo=2 Constitución española. Sinopsis artículo 151 congreso.es Congress of Deputies Spanish 19 December 201931 October 1979 Los estatutos de autonomía de las nacionalidades históricas https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/31/espana/310172406_850215.html Spanish El País 1 September 2019 The question asked was "Do you approve of the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country Bill?" (es ¿Aprueba el proyecto de Estatuto de Autonomía para el País Vasco?).http://www.congreso.es/consti/elecciones/referendos/index.htm Referendos congreso.es Congress of Deputies Spanish 1 September 2019 The referendum resulted in 94.6% of valid votes in support of the bill on a turnout of 58.9%.http://www.sudd.ch/event.php?lang=en&id=es011979 Basque Country (Spain), 25 October 1979: Autonomy Statute German sudd.ch 25 October 1979 Direct Democracy 1 September 2019http://www.congreso.es/consti/elecciones/referendos/ref_p_vasco.htm Referéndum sobre el proyecto de Estatuto de Autonomía para el País Vasco Spanish congreso.es Congress of Deputies 1 September 2019 Once approved, the bill was submitted to the consideration of the Cortes Generales, which accepted it on 29 November (in the Congress of Deputies) and 12 December (in the Spanish Senate), receiving royal assent on 18 December and published in the Official State Gazette on 22 December 1979.http://www.congreso.es/consti/estatutos/sinopsis.jsp?com=76 Sinopsis del Estatuto del País Vasco congreso.es Congress of Deputies Spanish 1 September 2019Statute of Autonomy for the Basque Country of 1979 Organic Law 3 Official State Gazette Spanish 18 December 1979 https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1979-30177 1 September 2019 Results Overall Question Do you approve of the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country Bill? 94.60 5.40 58.86 831839 879368 47529 1565541 42068 Basque Governmenthttps://www.euskadi.eus/web01-aphautes/es/ab12aAREWar/?locale=es Election Results Archive Spanish euskadi.eus Basque Government 1 September 2019 Results by province Province Electorate Turnout Yes No Votes % Votes % Álava 174,930 63.23 92,535 90.23 10,023 9.77 Biscay 883,609 57.49 460,905 94.81 25,216 5.19 Gipuzkoa 507,002 59.73 278,399 95.77 12,290 4.23 Total 1,565,541 58.86 831,839 94.60 47,529 5.40 See also 1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum 1980 Andalusian autonomy initiative referendum 1980 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum 1981 Andalusian Statute of Autonomy referendum References Category:1979 in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Category:1979 referendums Category:Basque politics Category:Referendums in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Category:October 1979 in Europe Basque Country