Turkish constitutional referendum, 1988

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A constitutional referendum was held in Turkey on 25 September 1988. The proposed changes to the constitution would have led to the 1989 local elections being held a year early. However, they were voted down, with 65% of voters against. Turnout was 88.8%.^[1]

Results

Turkish constitutional referendum, 1988
Choice	Votes	%
No	14,921,945	65.0
Yes	8,034,933	35.0
Valid votes	22,956,878	96.6
Invalid or blank votes	793,995	3.4
Total votes	23,750,873	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	26,739,227	88.8

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