Azerbaijani constitutional referendum, 2009

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A constitutional referendum was held in Azerbaijan on 18 March 2009.[1] It consisted of 29 measures voted on separately; the most controversial were a measure to abolish presidential term limits and a measure to greatly restrict press freedom. The measures passed, with approval of measures between 87.14% and 91.76%, disapproval between 4.59% and 7.24% and invalid votes between 3.64% and 5.70%; turnout was 71.08%.[2][3]

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