1982 Turkish constitutional referendum
7 November 1982
Results
Choice
 Votes  %
Yes 17,215,559 91.37%
No 1,626,431 8.63%
Valid votes 18,841,990 99.77%
Invalid or blank votes 43,498 0.23%
Total votes 18,885,488 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 20,690,914 91.27%
Results by province

A constitutional referendum was held in Turkey on 7 November 1982. The new constitution was approved by 91% of voters, with a 91% turnout.[1]

Background

In 1980 the Grand National Assembly was scheduled to elect a new President to replace Fahri Korutürk. However, the parties were unable to agree on a candidate, and on 12 September 1980, the Turkish Armed Forces led by Kenan Evren staged a coup d'état, dissolved the Grand National Assembly and started ruling the country through the National Security Council.

The NSC set up a Consultative Assembly and appointed all 160 members. Political parties were shut down, and those who had been members of parties were excluded from the Assembly.[2] It worked from 23 November 1981 and 17 July 1982 to draw up the new constitution,[3] which would replace the 1961 document. Evren claimed the 1961 constitution had liberties "luxurious" for Turkey.[4]

New constitution

One of the transitional provisions of the constitution named Evren as President until 1989.[5] The constitution also banned civil society organisations from political activity, whilst political parties were banned from working with civil society organisations, including trade unions.[2] The Army was given a majority in the National Security Council, which was also deemed to be superior to the cabinet.[2]

Results

ChoiceVotes%
For17,215,55991.37
Against1,626,4318.63
Total18,841,990100.00
Valid votes18,841,99099.77
Invalid/blank votes43,4980.23
Total votes18,885,488100.00
Registered voters/turnout20,690,91491.27
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p254 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. 1 2 3 Ergun Özbudun (2012) Turkey’s Search for a New Constitution Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Insight Turkey, Vol 14, pp39-50
  3. ↑ Turkey, 7 November 1982: Constitution Direct Democracy
  4. ↑ Güçlü, Abbas (2003-09-25). "61 Anayasası Türkiye'ye büyük geldi". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  5. ↑ Gökçer Tahincioğlu, Türker Karapınar (2012-04-02). "Darbe İktidarı 32 yıl sonra sanık sandalyesinde". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-07-15.
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