1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum

Referendum in the Spanish region of Catalonia 1979 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum "Do you approve of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia Bill?" Catalonia 25 October 1979 12 Yes 12 No 2327038 204957 2639951 4451796 A referendum on the approval of the Catalan Statute of Autonomy was held in Catalonia on Thursday, 25 October 1979. Voters were asked whether they ratified a proposed Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia bill organizing the provinces of Barcelona, Gerona, Lérida and Tarragona into an autonomous community of Spain. The final draft of the bill had been approved by the Catalan Assembly of Parliamentarians on 29 December 1978,30 December 1978 Tarradellas cedió ante la unidad de los parlamentarios catalanes https://elpais.com/diario/1978/12/30/espana/283820417_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 2019 and by the Congress of Deputies on 13 August 1979,14 August 1979 La Comisión Constitucional aprueba el proyecto de Estatuto de Cataluña https://elpais.com/diario/1979/08/14/espana/303429603_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 2019 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. The referendum was held simultaneously with a similar vote in the Basque Country. The referendum resulted in 91.9% of valid votes in support of the bill on a turnout of 59.3%.http://www.sudd.ch/event.php?lang=en&id=es021979 Catalonia (Spain), 25 October 1979: Autonomy Statute German sudd.ch Direct Democracy 1 September 2019http://www.congreso.es/consti/elecciones/referendos/ref_cata_79.htm Referéndum sobre el proyecto de Estatuto de Autonomía para Cataluña 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=67 https://web.archive.org/web/20160804133546/http://www.congreso.es/consti/estatutos/sinopsis.jsp?com=67 dead 4 August 2016 Sinopsis del Estatuto de Cataluña congreso.es Congress of Deputies Spanish 1 September 2019Ley Orgánica 4/1979, de 18 de diciembre, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Cataluña Organic Law 4 Boletín Oficial del Estado Spanish 18 December 1979 https://boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-1979-30178 1 September 2019 Legal framework Articles 143 and 151 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 provided for two ordinary procedures for regions to access autonomy status: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 2019 The "slow-track" route of Article 143, whose initiative required the approval of the corresponding Provincial or Island Councils as well as two-thirds of all municipalities which comprised, at least, a majority of the population in each province or island. Devolution for autonomous communities constituted through this procedure was limited for a period of at least five years from the adoption of the Statute of Autonomy.https://app.congreso.es/consti/constitucion/indice/sinopsis/sinopsis.jsp?art=143&tipo=2 Constitución española. Sinopsis artículo 143 congreso.es Congress of Deputies Spanish 19 December 2019 The "fast-track" route of Article 151, whose initiative required the approval of the corresponding Provincial or Island Councils; three-fourths of all municipalities which comprised, at least, a majority of the population in each province or island; as well as its subsequent ratification through referendum requiring the affirmative vote of at least the absolute majority of all those eligible to vote.https://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 2019 Transitory Provision Second of the Constitution waived these requirements for the "historical regions" which had statutes of autonomy approved by voters during the Second Spanish Republic, namely: Catalonia (1931), the Basque Country (1933) and Galicia (1936).31 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 20199 December 1979 El referéndum de iniciativa, barrera no exigida a las nacionalidades históricas https://elpais.com/diario/1979/12/09/espana/313542004_850215.html Spanish El País 1 September 2019 Once initiated, failure in securing the requirements laid out in each of these procedures determined a five-year period during which the corresponding provinces or islands would not be able to apply for autonomy under the same Article. Additionally, Article 144 provided for an exceptional procedure under which the Cortes Generales could, because of "national interest reasons": a) Authorize the constitution of an autonomous community when its territorial scope did not exceed that of a province and did not meet the requirements of Article 143; b) Authorize the approval of statutes of autonomy for territories not integrated into the provincial organization; and c) Replace the local councils' initiative referred to in Article 143.https://app.congreso.es/consti/constitucion/indice/sinopsis/sinopsis.jsp?art=144&tipo=2 Constitución española. Sinopsis artículo 144 congreso.es Congress of Deputies Spanish 19 December 2019 Draft statutes of autonomy approved under the procedure outlined in Article 151 of the Constitution required for its subsequent ratification in referendum, once ruled favourably by the Constitutional Commission of the Congress of Deputies. Under such Article, the ratification required the affirmative vote of at least a majority of those validly issued. The electoral procedures of the referendum came regulated under Royal Decree-Law 20/1977, of 18 March, and its related legal provisions. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the provinces of Barcelona, Gerona, Lérida and Tarragona and in full enjoyment of their civil and political rights.Real Decreto-ley 20/1977, de 18 de marzo, sobre Normas Electorales Royal Decree-Law 20 Boletín Oficial del Estado Spanish 18 March 1977 https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1977-7445 14 December 2019 The question asked was "Do you approve of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia Bill?" (es ¿Aprueba el proyecto de Estatuto de autonomía de Cataluña?).http://www.congreso.es/consti/elecciones/referendos/index.htm Referendos congreso.es Congress of Deputies Spanish 1 September 2019Boletín Oficial del Estado 229 24 September 1979 22243–22251 0212-033X Real Decreto-ley 14/1979, de 14 de septiembre, por el que se somete a referéndum el proyecto de Estatuto de autonomía de Cataluña https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1979/09/24/pdfs/A22243-22251.pdf Spanish 25 December 2019 Background Historical precedents for Catalan autonomy after the Nueva Planta decrees of 1714 dated back to the Spanish Draft Constitution of 1873, with Catalonia as one out of the seventeen projected states within the Spanish federal state; the Commonwealth of Catalonia established in 1914 as the only such provincial association that came to exist; and finally as an autonomous region during the Second Spanish Republic. In 1931, the Government of Catalonia (ca Generalitat de Catalunya) was restored, followed by the approval of a Statute of Autonomy in 1932 which was of application until the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and the disestablishment of the Second Republic, when Catalan autonomy was suppressed by the Francoist regime.June 2005 https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2005/06/espana/estatutos_autonomia/estatutos/catalunya.html La España de las Autonomías. Cataluña. Breve historia Spanish El Mundo 25 December 2019 The death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975 and the start of the Spanish transition to democracy led to negotiations between the Spanish government under then Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez and Catalan president-in-exile Josep Tarradellas over the issue of Catalan autonomy.9 December 1976 Contactos oficiosos entre el Gobierno y el presidente de la Generalitat https://elpais.com/diario/1976/12/09/portada/218934004_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 201921 December 1976 Se elaborará un estatuto para Cataluña https://elpais.com/diario/1976/12/21/espana/219970801_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 20197 January 1977 Tarradellas propone pactar con Madrid el Gobierno autónomo de Cataluña https://elpais.com/diario/1977/01/07/espana/221439619_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 2019 Political conflict arose between the Catalan opposition, which aimed at re-establishing the 1932 Statute, and Josep Tarradellas, who still considered himself the valid representative of the Government of Catalonia and aimed for its restoration with himself at its helm.20 February 1977 Tarradellas sigue considerándose único representante válido https://elpais.com/diario/1977/03/04/espana/226278028_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 201931 May 1977 Proponen restablecer la Asamblea de Parlamentarios de Cataluña https://elpais.com/diario/1977/05/31/espana/233877619_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 2019 After the 1977 Spanish general election an agreement was reached between the Spanish government, Tarradellas and the newly constituted Assembly of Parliamentarians,11 September 1977 Acuerdo firme para el restablecimiento de la Generalitat https://elpais.com/diario/1977/09/11/espana/242776818_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 201930 September 1977 Tres meses de negociaciones https://elpais.com/diario/1977/09/30/espana/244422006_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 2019 resulted in the second restoration of the regional Catalan government on 5 October 1977Real Decreto-ley 41/1977, de 29 septiembre, sobre restablecimiento provisional de la Generalidad de Cataluña Royal Decree-Law 41 Boletín Oficial del Estado Spanish 29 September 1977 https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1977-24354 25 December 2019Real Decreto 2543/1977, de 30 de septiembre, por el que se desarrolla el Real Decreto-ley 41/1977, de 29 de septiembre, que restablece la Generalidad de Cataluña Royal Decree 2543 Boletín Oficial del Estado Spanish 30 September 1977 https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1977-24355 25 December 2019 and in Tarradella's return to Catalonia on 23 October.23 October 1977 Tarradellas llega esta tarde a Barcelona https://elpais.com/diario/1977/10/23/portada/246409201_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 2019 The new Catalan statute of autonomy would be drafted throughout 1978,4 July 1978 Los parlamentarios catalanes, decididos a acelerar la elaboración del estatuto https://elpais.com/diario/1978/07/04/espana/268351226_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 20197 November 1978 Finalizada la redacción del anteproyecto del Estatuto de Autonomía de Cataluña https://elpais.com/diario/1978/11/07/espana/279241237_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 201917 December 1978 Diputados y senadores catalanes aprueban el proyecto de Estatuto https://elpais.com/diario/1978/12/17/espana/282697219_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 2019 and on 29 December the so-called "Statute of Sau" (ca Estatut de Sau) was submitted to the Constitutional Commission of the Congress of Deputies for its review as outlined under Article 151. The period was dominated by numerous disagreements within the Government of Catalonia—where an all-party cabinet had been formed—between President Tarradellas and the parties commanding a majority in the Assembly of Parliamentarians, the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) and the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC),26 December 1978 La izquierda catalana acusa a Tarradellas de intentar retrasar la aprobación del Estatuto https://elpais.com/diario/1978/12/26/espana/283474805_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 201918 April 1979 Nuevo intento de Tarradellas de relanzar la derecha catalana https://elpais.com/diario/1979/04/18/espana/293234416_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 2019 which had seen attempts from Tarradellas to delay the Statute's submittal to the Cortes until after the first ordinary Spanish general election in 1979.19 December 1978 Tarradellas podría estar preparando una operación electoralista https://elpais.com/diario/1978/12/19/espana/282870028_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 201924 December 1978 Tarradellas impedirá que el Estatuto sea presentado en las Cortes antes de las nuevas elecciones https://elpais.com/diario/1978/12/24/espana/283302014_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 2019 The parliamentary transaction of the proposed Statute bogged down for some months as a result of the dissolution of the Cortes Generales to hold the 1979 general election on 1 March and electoral campaigning for the subsequent local elections on 3 April,13 March 1979 Los estatutos de autonomía para el País Vasco y Cataluña pueden retrasarse https://elpais.com/diario/1979/03/13/portada/290127602_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 2019 and again after the governing Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) sought to amend the proposed text in June 1979 to limit the extent of devolution on a number of issues, such as language, justice, education, economy, electoral system and public order.5 June 1979 El Parlamento inicia hoy la tramitación de los estatutos vasco y catalán https://elpais.com/diario/1979/06/05/espana/297381612_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 201926 June 1979 UCD "enmienda" todo lo relativo a la Hacienda autónoma catalana https://elpais.com/diario/1979/06/26/espana/299196007_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 201928 June 1979 Tribunales propios y alta participación en los impuestos, puntos clave del Estatuto catalán https://elpais.com/diario/1979/06/28/espana/299368812_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 2019 The final draft would be passed by the Constitutional Commission on 13 August 1979 after lengthy negotiations between the Catalan parties and Adolfo Suárez's government;8 August 1979 Aprobado el Estatuto de Cataluña, tras una maratoniana negociación en la Moncloa https://elpais.com/diario/1979/08/08/espana/302911201_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 2019 the resulting text would be described by most Catalan politicians as improving on the level of devolution of that of 1932,8 August 1979 Satisfacción generalizada entre los políticos catalanes https://elpais.com/diario/1979/08/08/espana/302911203_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 201929 September 1979 No existe antijuridicidad en el proyecto de Estatuto para Cataluña https://elpais.com/diario/1979/09/29/espana/307404022_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 2019 though Tarradellas would express his disagreement over it.9 September 1979 Tarradellas, descontento con el Estatuto catalán https://elpais.com/diario/1979/09/09/espana/305676006_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 2019 Date The date for the referendum of ratification of the Statute was set immediately after its approval in the Cortes Generales, being approved by decree by the Council of Ministers on 14 September 1979 and published in the Official State Gazette on 24 September.15 September 1979 Los estatutos vasco y catalán, a referéndum el 25 de octubre https://elpais.com/diario/1979/09/15/portada/306194402_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 2019 The referendum date was scheduled for Thursday, 25 October 1979, to be held concurrently with the referendum on the Basque Statute of Autonomy.16 September 1979 Inminente publicación de los decretos leyes de referéndum https://elpais.com/diario/1979/09/16/espana/306280812_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 201925 September 1979 El Congreso convalidará hoy los decretos-leyes sobre los referendos vasco y catalán https://elpais.com/diario/1979/09/25/espana/307058410_850215.html Spanish El País 25 December 2019 Campaign + Party policies Position Parties Ref. References 15 Yes Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) 16 October 1979 Las razones del "sí" socialista https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/16/espana/308876403_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) 16 October 1979 UCD el partido con más presupuesto para la campaña https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/16/espana/308876414_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 Union of the Centre of Catalonia (UCC) 2 September 1979 La "Diada", convocada en apoyo del Estatut https://elpais.com/diario/1979/09/02/espana/305071221_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) 16 October 1979 "Los que piensan que España se rompe tiemblan por sus privilegios" https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/16/espana/308876413_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) 7 October 1979 Jordi Pujol, optimista respecto al referéndum https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/07/espana/308098816_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) 14 August 1979 Esquerra Republicana pedirá el voto afirmativo al Estatuto https://elpais.com/diario/1979/08/14/espana/303429618_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 Party of Labour of Catalonia (PTC–PTE) Catalan State (EC) 15 No Left Bloc for National Liberation (BEAN) 14 October 1979 Ausencia de un verdadero clima electoral en Cataluña https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/14/espana/308703617_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 New Force (FN) Communist Movement of Catalonia (MCC) Abstention Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) 12 October 1979 El próximo día 21, "Diada del Estatut" en Cataluña https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/12/espana/308530810_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 President Josep Tarradellas was initially opposed to supporting the Statute, affirming that it had been drafted "by some gentlement from the [political] parties and by Prime Minister Suárez" and that it was "not an agreement, but a diktat";30 September 1979 Tarradellas niega el apoyo de la Diputación de Barcelona al Estatuto de Sau https://elpais.com/diario/1979/09/30/espana/307490412_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 however, pressure from several regional ministers led to Tarradellas reluctantly accepting that the Executive Council recommended a "Yes" vote for the text ahead of the referendum.3 October 1979 Tarradellas accede a que la Generalitat recomiende el "sí" en el referéndum https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/03/espana/307753210_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 201920 October 1979 La Diputación de Barcelona pide el "sí" para el Estatuto https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/20/espana/309222023_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 The regional Government launched an institutional campaign for the referendum under the "Vote the Statute" slogan (es Vote el Estatuto).5 October 1979 La campaña pro Estatuto vasco se inició ayer en completa calma https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/05/espana/307926005_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 The People's Alliance (AP) did not recommend any explicit choice for the Statute and gave freedom of vote to its supporters.3 October 1979 Alianza Popular, más favorable al Estatuto catalán que al vasco https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/03/espana/307753209_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 201910 October 1979 Alianza Popular deja libertad a sus afiliados https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/10/espana/308358012_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 The Socialist Party of Andalusia–Andalusian Party (PSA–PA) issued a manifesto during the campaign where it aimed for the Andalusian community in Catalonia to "have their rights guaranteed as a community with their own personality".20 October 1979 Rojas Marcos: "Se acuerdan de los emigrantes a la hora del voto" https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/20/espana/309222024_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 Opinion polls The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading choice's colour. The "Lead" columns on the right show the percentage-point difference between the "Yes" and "No" choices in a given poll. Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Total Considering onlyYes/No totals Yes No Invalid/Blank Lead Yes No Lead 1979 referendum 25 Oct 1979 52.3 4.6 2.4 40.7 – 47.7 91.9 8.1 83.8 Regional GovernmentEl 67% de los catalanes votará "sí" https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/19/espana/309135623_850215.html Spanish El País 19 October 1979 Canals Enric 18 Oct 1979? 67.1 9.0 – – 23.9 58.1 88.2 11.8 76.4 Emopública/CISReferéndum Estatuto de Cataluña (II) (Estudio nº 1.202. Octubre 1979) http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/1200_1219/1202/Es1202mar_s.pdf Spanish CIS 18 October 1979 15–18 Oct 1979 1,200 53.0 1.0 1.0 10.0 35.0 52.0 98.1 1.9 96.2 Emopública/CISReferéndum Estatuto de Cataluña (I) (Estudio nº 1.198. Octubre 1979) http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/1180_1199/1198/es1198mar_s.pdf Spanish CIS 14 October 1979 10–14 Oct 1979 1,200 50.3 1.6 1.5 9.8 36.8 48.7 96.9 3.1 93.8 Results Overall Question Do you approve of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia Bill? 91.91 8.09 59.30 2327038 2531995 204957 4451796 107956 Government of Cataloniahttp://politiquesdigitals.gencat.cat/ca/pgov_ambits_d_actuacio/pgov_eleccions/pgov_dades_electorals/resultats-2?a=a&id_eleccions=R19791&id_territori=CA09 Electoral results. Referendum 1979 Catalan gencat.cat Government of Catalonia 1 September 2019 1 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190901104757/http://politiquesdigitals.gencat.cat/ca/pgov_ambits_d_actuacio/pgov_eleccions/pgov_dades_electorals/resultats-2%3Fa%3Da%26id_eleccions%3DR19791%26id_territori%3DCA09 dead Results by province Province Electorate Turnout Yes No Votes % Votes % Barcelona 3,463,135 59.51 1,813,657 91.67 164,864 8.33 Gerona 337,629 63.36 191,223 93.49 13,322 6.51 Lérida 265,083 58.23 139,308 94.15 8,658 5.85 Tarragona 385,949 54.58 182,850 90.99 18,113 9.01 Total 4,451,796 59.30 2,327,038 91.91 204,957 8.09 Sources Aftermath The referendum resulted in the Statute being ratified by a wide margin,26 October 1979 Se estima que la participación en los referendos catalán y vasco rebasa ampliamente el 50% https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/26/portada/309740402_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 20199 November 1979 Proclamados los resultados de los referendos vasco y catalán https://elpais.com/diario/1979/11/09/espana/310950024_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 but the low turnout of 59.3%—partly attributed to bad weather during voting day26 October 1979 El mal tiempo, protagonista de la jornada en Cataluña https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/26/espana/309740406_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019—and the perceived poor preparations on the referendum logistics from the Government of Catalonia were met with disappointment within the Catalan political class.27 October 1979 Triunfalismo en la Generalitat y sentimiento de fracaso entre la clase política catalana https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/27/espana/309826813_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 The Statute was brought to the Cortes Generales for its final ratification: the Congress would pass it on 29 November,21 November 1979 La ratificación de los estatutos vasco y catalán, al Pleno del día 27 https://elpais.com/diario/1979/11/21/espana/311986813_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 201929 November 1979 El Congreso ratifica hoy los estatutos vasco y catalán https://elpais.com/diario/1979/11/29/espana/312678011_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 201930 November 1979 AP, andalucistas y extrema derecha negaron el "sí"' al Estatuto catalán https://elpais.com/diario/1979/11/30/espana/312764410_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 the Senate would do likewise on 12 December,13 December 1979 El Senado ratificó por gran mayoría los estatutos de autonomía vasco y catalán https://elpais.com/diario/1979/12/13/espana/313887616_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 and the text would receive royal assent on 18 December to be published in the Official State Gazette on the 22nd.21 December 1979 El Rey sancionó los estatutos de Cataluña y el País Vasco https://elpais.com/diario/1979/12/21/portada/314578801_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 201913 December 1979 Publicados los estatutos de autonomía de Cataluña y Euskadi https://elpais.com/diario/1979/12/23/espana/314751605_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 After speculation on whether President Tarradellas would choose to trigger a government crisis that could delay the first regional election indefinitely,28 December 1979 El 13 de marzo, elecciones al Parlamento https://elpais.com/diario/1979/12/28/espana/315183620_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 201930 December 1979 Sin acuerdo sobre la fecha de las elecciones al Parlamento https://elpais.com/diario/1979/12/30/espana/315356420_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 negotiations with the central government resulted in it being scheduled for 20 March 1980.18 January 1980 Elecciones al Parlamento catalán el 20 de marzo https://elpais.com/diario/1980/01/18/espana/316998028_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 The Statute of Sau would allow Catalonia to acquire one of the highest levels of autonomy in Comparative Law,1 November 1979 El techo financiero catalán y vasco, el más alto dentro del derecho comparado https://elpais.com/diario/1979/11/01/espana/310258833_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 but it would also eventually lead to political conflict as other regions would attempt to achieve the same level of autonomy as that of the "historical regions".9 December 1979 La negociación constitucional de las autonomías estuvo condicionada por el "problema vasco" y la "cuestión catalana" https://elpais.com/diario/1979/12/09/espana/313542007_850215.html Spanish El País 26 December 2019 In January 1980, seeking to "rationalize" the autonomic process of all future autonomous regions over concerns that all would attempt to achieve maximum devolution within a short timeframe,9 December 1979 UCD y PSOE estudian una fórmula para "racionalizar" reivindicaciones autonómicas https://elpais.com/diario/1979/12/09/espana/313542001_850215.html Spanish El País 18 December 2019 the governing UCD officially would make public that it would not support the route of Article 151 for regions other than Catalonia, the Basque Country and Galicia, instead suggesting the application of the "slow-track" route of Article 143,17 January 1980 El artículo 143 de la Constitución, vía adecuada para alcanzar un sistema autonómico racional https://elpais.com/diario/1980/01/17/espana/316911613_850215.html Spanish El País 18 December 201917 January 1980 Socialistas y comunistas critican la postura centrista https://elpais.com/diario/1980/01/17/espana/316911603_850215.html Spanish El País 18 December 2019 which would eventually to the party's defeat in the Andalusian autonomy initiative referendum,1 March 1980 Los resultados se interpretan en Andalucía como una derrota del partido del Gobierno https://elpais.com/diario/1980/03/01/espana/320713216_850215.html Spanish El País 18 December 2019 as well as to the signing of the first autonomic pacts between UCD and PSOE on 31 July 1981, would see the agreement for a joint calendar of devolution for the remaining regions.1 August 1981 El Gobierno y el PSOE firman los acuerdos autonómicos, tras la retirada del PCE y AP https://elpais.com/diario/1981/08/01/espana/365464804_850215.html Spanish El País 20 December 2019 This would be embodied through the approval, in 1982, of the Organic Law of Harmonization of the Autonomic Process (LOAPA).1 July 1982 La LOAPA, eje de los pactos autonómicos https://elpais.com/diario/1982/07/01/espana/394322408_850215.html Spanish El País 20 December 2019June 2005 https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2005/06/espana/estatutos_autonomia/historia2.html La España de las Autonomías. La transferencia de competencias. Los pactos autonómicos Spanish El Mundo 20 December 2019 See also 1980 Andalusian autonomy initiative referendum 1980 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum 1981 Andalusian Statute of Autonomy referendum References Opinion poll sources "p" Other Category:1979 referendums Category:1979 in Catalonia Category:Referendums in Catalonia Category:October 1979 in Europe