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2005 Spanish European Constitution referendum

2005 Spanish European Constitution referendum
20 February 2005
Do you approve of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe?
Results
Choice
 Votes %
Yes 11,057,563 81.84%
No 2,453,002 18.16%
Valid votes 13,510,565 93.23%
Invalid or blank votes 981,187 6.77%
Total votes 14,491,752 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 34,692,491 41.77%
National referendums on the
European Constitutional Treaty
Superseded by the Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
Front cover of an edition of the constitutional treaty published and distributed for free by the Spanish government

A referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was held in Spain on Sunday, 20 February 2005.[1] The question asked was "Do you approve of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe?" (Spanish: ¿Aprueba usted el Tratado por el que se establece una Constitución para Europa?). The consultative referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution for the European Union was approved by 81.8% of valid votes, although turnout was just 41.8%,[2][3][4] the lowest since the end of the Franco era.[5]

The referendum was not legally binding on the government, but paved the way for parliamentary ratification of the constitutional treaty, which happened in the Congress of Deputies on 28 April 2005, with a 319–19 result in favour of approval, and in the Spanish Senate on 18 May 2005 with a 225–6 result.

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1817 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1824
  3. ^ "Spain, 20 February 2005: Constitution of the European Union". sudd.ch (in German). Direct Democracy. 20 February 2005. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Referéndum consultivo en relación con la Constitución Europea". congreso.es (in Spanish). Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Spain's mixed EU signals". BBC News. 21 February 2005. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

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