2009 Vincentian constitutional referendum

2009 Vincentian constitutional referendum

25 November 2009

Do you approve the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Constitution 2009 passed in the House of Assembly on the 3rd of September 2009 to provide the new Constitution for St.Vincent and the Grenadines?
Results
Choice
Votes %
Yes 22,646 43.71%
No 29,167 56.29%
Valid votes 51,813 99.14%
Invalid or blank votes 449 0.86%
Total votes 52,262 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 97,724 53.48%

A constitutional referendum was held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 25 November 2009.[1] Voters were asked whether they approved of a new constitution which would have replaced the constitution in force since independence in 1979.[2][3] The proposal was supported by only 43.13% of voters in the referendum, well short of the required two-thirds threshold. If approved, the proposed constitution would have abolished the monarchy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, at the time headed by Queen Elizabeth II,[3] and would have given more power to the opposition.[2] The referendum was the first of its kind to be held by a member of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States.[1]

  1. ^ a b "CARICOM Secretariat team to observe St Vincent and the Grenadines referendum". Caribbean Net News. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2009.[dead link]
  2. ^ a b Browne, Juhel (11 November 2009). "Gonsalves: No executive president for St. Vincent". Trinidad and Tobago Express. Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
  3. ^ a b Elizabeth II (26 July 1979), Constitution of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 50.1, Kingstown: Queen's Printer, archived from the original on 16 November 2020, retrieved 26 November 2009

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