1931 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum

A referendum on the approval of the Catalan Statute of Autonomy was held in Catalonia on Sunday, 2 August 1931. Voters were asked whether they ratified a proposed draft Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia, also known as the "Statute of Núria" (Catalan: Estatut de Núria).^[1] Article 12 of the Spanish Constitution of 1931 allowed for Spanish provinces to be organized into "autonomous regions", provided that a regional Statute was proposed by a majority of the provinces' municipalities comprising at least two-thirds of the provincial population and that two-thirds majority of all those eligible to vote accepted the draft Statute.^[2]

1931 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum

2 August 1931
Do you approve of the draft Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia?
Results
Choice Votes  % Yes 592,691 99.45% No 3,276 0.55% Valid votes 595,967 99.81% Invalid or blank votes 1,105 0.19% Total votes 597,072 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 792,582 75.33%

The referendum resulted in 99.5% of valid votes in support of the draft Statute on a turnout of 75.3%, representing 74.8% of the electorate. The draft Statute was subsequently submitted to the consideration of the Spanish Cortes, which finally approved it on 9 September 1932 with a 314–24 result.^[3]

Results

Do you approve of the draft Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia?

Choice		Votes	%
For		592,691	99.45
Against		3,276	0.55
Total		595,967	100.00
Valid votes		595,967	99.81
Invalid/blank votes		1,105	0.19
Total votes		597,072	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		792,582	75.33
Source: Direct Democracy[3]

See also

• 1933 Basque Statute of Autonomy referendum
• 1936 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum