1800 French constitutional referendum

Referendum in France in 1800 September 2021 September 2019 thumb|First page of the Constitution of the Year VIII A referendum ratifying the constitution of the French consulate was held in February 1800.Alexander Robert 6 February 2017 Napoleon London Arnold 22 978-0-340-71916-9 The official results, as announced by Lucien Bonaparte, Minister of the Interior and brother of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, were 99.9% in favor of the new constitution, with 53.74% of voters abstaining. However, evidence brought to light by the French historian Claude Langlois in 1972 demonstrated conclusively that Lucien massaged the votes in favor of the constitution, adding up to 20,000 'yes' votes in individual localities, and that there were therefore only some 1,550,000 actual votes for the change.Crook Malcolm Napoleon Comes to Power: democracy and dictatorship in revolutionary France, 1795-1804 University of Wales Press 1998 0708314015 Cardiff 75–77 Results French voters approved the French Constitution of 1800 with an official result of 99.94%. 1800 French Constitutional Referendum 3011007 1562 Alexander, EllisEllis Geoffrey 6 February 2017 Napoleon London Longman 43 978-0-582-02547-9 1800 French Constitutional Referendum Yes 3,011,007 #47729E #fff No 1,562 #8B8B54 #fff References 30em constitutional referendum France Category:Referendums in France Category:Constitutional referendums in France French constitutional referendum Category:French Consulate Constitutional referendum