1802 French constitutional referendum

1802 referendum in France February 2022 Should Napoleon Bonaparte be consul for life? France 1974 1802 05 10 y 3,653,600 8,374 0 A referendum ratifying the new constitution of the Consulate, which made Napoleon Bonaparte First Consul for life, was held on 10 May 1802. The question asked to the voters was: "Should Napoleon Bonaparte be consul for life?".Lyons Martyn https://books.google.com/books?id=7ZBKEAAAQBAJ&dq=1802+referendum+france+napoleon&pg=PA112 Napoleon Bonaparte and the Legacy of the French Revolution 1994-06-28 Bloomsbury Publishing 978-1-349-23436-3 112–113 en Out of an electorate of 7 million, 3,653,600 voted in favor, and 8,374 voted against.Bertaud Jean-Paul Chapitre 3. La marche à l'Empire (1802-1804) 2021 Le Consulat et l'Empire 3e éd. 47–60 https://www.cairn.info/le-consulat-et-l-empire--9782200630652-p-47.htm 2024-02-17 Cursus Paris Armand Colin fr 978-2-200-63065-2 There was no secret ballot, with voters having to record their vote next to their name in registers of votes, thus forcing the opponents of Bonaparte to register themselves and to face potential police harassment. Nevertheless, turnout increased by over 8 percentage points compared to the 1800 French constitutional referendum, with an additional 2.1 million voters voting yes at the ballot.Qvortrup Matt https://books.google.com/books?id=ak7VDwAAQBAJ&dq=1802+referendum+france&pg=PT16 Nationalism, Referendums and Democracy: Voting on Ethnic Issues and Independence 2020-03-16 Routledge 978-1-000-04493-5 en Given the turnout, the 1802 referendum is regarded as a success for the Napoleonic regime.Bourguet-Rouveyre Josiane 2006-12-01 La survivance d'un système électoral sous le Consulat et l'Empire https://journals.openedition.org/ahrf/7473#ftn6 Annales historiques de la Révolution française fr 346 17–29 10.4000/ahrf.7473 0003-4436 subscription thumb|Registry from Baix, Ardeche, about the 1802 referendum asking the question : "Will Napoleon Bonaparte be first consul for life ?" Vote% of votesVotesYes99.77%3,653,600No0.23%8,374 Total100% No : 8,374 (0.23%) Yes : 3,653,600 (99.77%) ▲ References Category:1802 in France Category:Referendums in France Category:1802 referendums Category:Constitutional referendums in France Category:May 1802