1977 Upper Voltan constitutional referendum

A constitutional referendum was held in the Republic of Upper Volta on 27 November 1977. It followed the 1974 military coup, and would restore multi-party democracy. The new constitution retained the presidential system of government, and limited the number of political parties to three (the three with the highest number of votes in the forthcoming parliamentary elections would keep their status and other parties disbanded). It was approved by 98.70% of voters with a 71.6% turnout.^[1]

1977 Upper Voltan constitutional referendum

27 November 1977
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 1,927,691 98.71% No 25,278 1.29% Valid votes 1,952,969 99.04% Invalid or blank votes 19,018 0.96% Total votes 1,971,987 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 2,759,924 71.45%

Results

Choice	Votes	%
For	1,927,691	98.70
Against	25,278	1.30
Invalid/blank votes	19,108	–
Total	1,972,077	100
Registered voters/turnout	2,759,924	71.45
Source: African Elections Database