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1964 Maltese constitutional referendum

Field	Value
date
title	Do you approve of the constitution proposed by the Government of Malta, endorsed by the Legislative Assembly, and published in the Malta Gazette?
country	Malta
flag_year	1943
yes	65,714
no	54,919
invalid	9,016
electorate	162,743

A constitutional referendum was held in Malta between 2 and 4 May 1964. The new constitution was approved by 54.5% of voters, and came into effect on 21 September 1964. It was effectively a referendum on independence, as the new constitution gave the country self-government.

The Progressive Constitutionalist Party led by Mabel Strickland boycotted the referendum.

Question

The question put to the electorate was "Do you approve of the constitution proposed by the Government of Malta, endorsed by the Legislative Assembly, and published in the Malta Gazette?

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1302 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
[http://www.maltadata.com/ref-votes.htm Referenda in Malta: The Questions and the Voters' Responses] {{webarchive. link. (2011-09-27 Elections in Malta)

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