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A constitutional referendum was held in Madagascar on 4 April 2007.[1] The proposed changes, which voters were asked to approve or reject as a whole[2], included:
Early results, with 73.18% of the vote counted, showed that turnout was around 42.43%. The referendum appeared likely to be passed because 74.93% of the voters in Antananarivo were in favour of the amendments, even though it seemed likely that in four of the five other provinces the "no" vote might have won.[4] According to results released on 7 April, with votes from 85.47% of polling stations counted, 75.24% were in favor of the proposed changes. Roland Ratsiraka, who placed third in the 2006 presidential election and opposed the proposed changes, alleged fraud.[5]
Official results were released on 11 April, but it was necessary for the Constitutional High Court to validate the results in order for them to be final,[6] and this happened on 27 April.[7]
The Judged By Your Work Party (AVI) chose to boycott the referendum, saying that it was deceitful for the referendum to describe a "yes" vote as being a vote for national development.[8]
| Malagasy constitutional referendum, 2007[1] | ||
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| Choice | Votes | Percentage |
| Yes | 2,378,650 | 75.33% |
| No | 779,092 | 24.67% |
| Valid votes | 3,157,742 | 97.94% |
| Invalid or blank votes | 66,346 | 2.06% |
| Total votes | 3,224,088 | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | 43.68% | |
| Electorate | 7,381,091 | |
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