1977 Upper Voltan constitutional referendum

Upper Volta 27 November 1977 1,927,691 25,278 19,018 2,759,924 A constitutional referendum was held in the Republic of Upper Volta on 27 November 1977. It followed the 1974 military coup, and would restore multi-party democracy. The new constitution retained the presidential system of government, and limited the number of political parties to three (the three with the highest number of votes in the forthcoming parliamentary elections would keep their status and other parties disbanded). It was approved by 98.70% of voters with a 71.6% turnout.Elections in Burkina Faso https://web.archive.org/web/20111011151029/http://africanelections.tripod.com/bf.html 2011-10-11 African Elections Database Results ChoiceVotes%For1,927,69198.70Against25,2781.30Invalid/blank votes19,108–Total1,972,077100Registered voters/turnout2,759,92471.45Source: African Elections Database https://web.archive.org/web/20111011151029/http://africanelections.tripod.com/bf.html#1977_Constitutional_Referendum 2011-10-11 References 1977 Category:1977 referendums Category:1977 in Upper Volta Category:Constitutional referendums