1931 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum

1931 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum
2 August 1931
Do you approve of the draft Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia?
Results
Choice
 Votes %
Yes 592,691 99.45%
No 3,276 0.55%
Valid votes 595,967 99.81%
Invalid or blank votes 1,105 0.19%
Total votes 597,072 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 792,582 75.33%

A referendum on the approval of the Catalan Statute of Autonomy was held in Catalonia on Sunday, 2 August 1931. Voters were asked whether they ratified a proposed draft Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia, also known as the "Statute of Núria" (Catalan: Estatut de Núria).[1] Article 12 of the Spanish Constitution of 1931 allowed for Spanish provinces to be organized into "autonomous regions", provided that a regional Statute was proposed by a majority of the provinces' municipalities comprising at least two-thirds of the provincial population and that two-thirds majority of all those eligible to vote accepted the draft Statute.[2]

The referendum resulted in 99.5% of valid votes in support of the draft Statute on a turnout of 75.3%, representing 74.8% of the electorate. The draft Statute was subsequently submitted to the consideration of the Spanish Cortes, which finally approved it on 9 September 1932 with a 314–24 result.[3]

Results

Do you approve of the draft Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia?
ChoiceVotes%
For592,69199.45
Against3,2760.55
Total595,967100.00
Valid votes595,96799.81
Invalid/blank votes1,1050.19
Total votes597,072100.00
Registered voters/turnout792,58275.33
Source: Direct Democracy[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "La autonomía catalana en la República". nuevatribuna.es (in Spanish). 20 January 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  2. ^ Spanish Constitution of 1931 (PDF). Gazette of Madrid (in Spanish). 9 December 1931. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Catalonia (Spain), 2 August 1931: Autonomy Statute". Direct Democracy (in German). 2 August 1931. Retrieved 1 September 2019.