1983 Palauan Compact of Free Association referendum

A referendum on the Compact of Free Association was held in Palau on 10 February 1983. Voters were asked three questions:

  1. Whether they approved of the Compact of Free Association between Palau and the United States
  2. Whether they approved of an agreement which placed restrictions on the USA with regard to storing and using radioactive, chemical and biological materials in Palau
  3. What their preference for a future political status was if the Free Association (question one) was rejected. They were offered the choice of either "a relationship with the United States closer than Free Association" or independence.[1]
Palau
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Palau

The first two propositions were both approved, nullifying the need for the results of the third. Voter turnout was 78.5%.

Results

Question 1
Choice Votes %
For4,45262.1
Against2,71537.9
Invalid/blank votes79-
Total7,246100
Source: Nohlen et al.

Question 2
Choice Votes %
For3,71752.9
Against3,30947.1
Invalid/blank votes220-
Total7,246100
Source: Nohlen et al.

Question 3
Choice Votes %
Status closer than Free Association2,25055.6
Independence1,80044.4
Invalid/blank votes3,196-
Total7,246100
Source: Nohlen et al.
gollark: I mean, for £25 you get... buttons, an underpowered CPU, a battery, and some sort of low-res LCD matrix.
gollark: Heresy.
gollark: Calculators... generally still seem to be a scam, though.
gollark: Anyway, at my school we mostly use(d) Casio FX-991EX calculators, which have lots of nice features.
gollark: <@!665664987578236961> You may have only asked styro once, but I read basically every new message on this discord server (I have a lot of free time and mostly just skim them) and I'm pretty sure you ask similar questions a lot. And it's mildly irritating.

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p751 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.