2013 Zimbabwean constitutional referendum

2013 Zimbabwean constitutional referendum

16–17 March 2013

The Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) which was spearheading the Constitution making process prepared a draft Constitution that was tabled before Parliament on the 5th day of February 2013, and duly adopted by Parliament. The draft Constitution was published in Gazette on the 15th of February 2013.

Are in favour of adopting that draft Constitution as the new Constitution of Zimbabwe?
Results
Choice
Votes %
Yes 3,079,966 94.49%
No 179,489 5.51%
Valid votes 3,259,455 98.29%
Invalid or blank votes 56,627 1.71%
Total votes 3,316,082 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 5,934,768 55.88%

A constitutional referendum was held in Zimbabwe on 16 and 17 March 2013,[1][2] after being postponed from September 2011[3] and from 30 June 2011.[4] Ultimately the new constitution was approved by 94.5% of voters.[5]

  1. ^ Referendum Vote Counting Continues in Zimbabwe
  2. ^ All Set for Zimbabwe's Referendum Vote AllAfrica, 13 March 2013
  3. ^ Nyoni, Peter (24 March 2011). "Constitution referendum 'delayed to September'". The Zimdiaspora. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  4. ^ Zimbabwe's Constitutional Outreach Program Ends Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine Voice of America, November 1, 2010
  5. ^ Zimbabwe: 94 percent vote for new constitution, but police jail rights lawyer for 3rd night[dead link] The Washington Post, 19 March 2013

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