2002 Iraqi presidential referendum

none Iraq 1991 presidential 1995 Iraqi presidential referendum 1995 2002 10 16 2004 2004 Iraqi presidential election 100% Saddam Hussein in 1998 (cropped).png Saddam Hussein Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region National Progressive Front (Iraq) 11,445,638 100% President 1995, 2002 Iraq presidential referendum results by governorate.svg Results by governorateHussein: #017B48 100% Saddam Hussein Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region Elected President Saddam Hussein Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region A presidential referendum took place in Iraq on October 16, 2002. It was the second presidential election under the rule of Saddam Hussein (the first having taken place in 1995). According to official statistics, the turnout was 100%, with all 11,445,638 Iraqis registered to vote having voted "yes" in a referendum whether to support another seven year-term for President Saddam Hussein, which would legally have ended in 2009. The referendum is considered to have been fraudulent, and was dismissed as propaganda by the United States and Britain.Iraq: Saddam Gets 100 Percent As Everyone Votes https://www.rferl.org/a/1101084.html 2024-03-13 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said: "Obviously, it's not a very serious day, not a very serious vote and nobody places any credibility on it". United States State Department spokesman Richard Boucher called it "not even worthy of our ridicule".17 October 2002 Claiming 100 Percent Vote for Hussein, Iraq Hails Its 'Democracy' https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2002/10/17/claiming-100-percent-vote-for-hussein-iraq-hails-its-democracy/35c2b583-e776-4b05-ab06-61e6c10a4dd9/ 13 March 2024 The Washington Post Rajiv Chandrasekaran Rajiv Chandrasekaran en-US 0190-8286 Foreign election observers were banned from observing the vote, and journalists were confined to a specific area; as such, actual voter turnout could not be estimated.16 October 2002 Saddam scores 100% in leadership ballot https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/oct/16/iraq 13 March 2024 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 The Washington Post noted that no explanation was given to explain how all the alleged votes were counted overnight. Top Iraqi deputy Izzat Ibrahim affirmed the vote's legitimacy, saying: "You may like it or not, but this is a truthful figure." Results 11445638 0 0 11445638 References "Saddam 'wins 100% of vote" BBC News, 16 October 2002 President Iraq Category:Referendums in Iraq Category:Saddam Hussein Category:Single-candidate elections President Category:Electoral fraud Category:Presidential elections in Iraq