1952 Puerto Rican constitutional referendum

March 2019 none March 2019 3 March 1952 Puerto Rico 1952 374649 82923 781914 A referendum on a new constitution was held in Puerto Rico on 3 March 1952.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 9780199283576 It was approved by 82% of voters.Nohlen (2005), p556 This was considered by many American and Puerto Rican politicians an affirmation of the new constitution of the archipelago and island as an Estado Libre Asociado, or Commonwealth, as proposed by legislation in 1950 by the United States Congress after negotiation with its political leaders. Puerto Rican nationalists question the meaning of the referendum, complaining that the only alternative offered was direct U.S. rule, and no choice of independence was offered. In 1980, the Supreme Court of the United States adjudicated (Harris v. Rosario) that as a result of this referendum of 1952, the actual territorial status was not changed at all. On 1 November 1950 two Puerto Rican Nationalists had attempted assassinating American president Harry S. Truman. They claimed they were retaliating for U.S. cooperation in repressing the 1950 nationalist revolts on the island. Truman's stated motive for supporting the plebiscite was that residents of the island could express their opinion of preferred status, but since independence was not offered, nationalists questioned Truman's stated motive. An overwhelming majority approved the commonwealth over the alternative of return to direct American rule. Hunter Stephen Stephen Hunter Bainbridge, Jr. John 2005 American Gunfight: The Plot To Kill Harry Truman – And The Shoot-Out That Stopped It Simon & Schuster New York 4, 251 978-0-7432-6068-8 registration https://archive.org/details/americangunfight00hunt/page/4 Results 374649 82923 781914 Nohlen References expanded Puerto Category:Referendums in Puerto Rico Constitutional Category:Constitutional referendums Puerto Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results