1933 Basque Statute of Autonomy referendum

A statutory referendum on the approval of the Basque Statute of Autonomy was held in the Basque Country on Sunday, 5 November 1933. Voters were asked whether they ratified a proposed draft Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country. 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.[1]

1933 Basque Statute of Autonomy referendum

5 November 1933
"Do you approve of the draft Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country?"
Location	Basque Country
Results
Response Votes % Yes 411,756 96.67% No 14,196 3.33% Valid votes 425,952 92.75% Invalid or blank votes 33,273 7.25% Total votes 459,225 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 490,157 93.69%

The referendum resulted in 96.7% of valid votes in support of the draft Statute on a turnout of 93.7%, representing 84.0% of the electorate. The draft Statute was subsequently submitted to the consideration of the Spanish Cortes, which initially rejected it on 28 January 1934 with a 125–136 result as a consequence of popular support not reaching the required two-thirds majority in the province of Álava, where it stood at 46.4% due to boycott from carlists. After the Popular Front's victory in the 1936 general election, the Statute was finally approved on 1 October 1936, though its application would be severely limited as a result of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.[2][3]

Results

Question
Do you approve of the draft Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country?

Referendum results

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	411,756	96.67
No	14,196	3.33
Valid votes	425,952	92.75
Invalid or blank votes	33,273	7.25
Total votes	459,225	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	490,157	93.69
Source: Direct Democracy[2]

See also

• 1931 Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum
• 1936 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum

References

1. "Spanish Constitution of 1931". Act of 9 December 1931 (PDF). Gazette of Madrid (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 September 2019.
2. "Basque Country (Spain), 5 November 1933: Autonomy Statute". sudd.ch (in German). Direct Democracy. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
3. "Statute of Autonomy Referendum 1933". euskadi.eus (in Spanish). Basque Government. Retrieved 1 September 2019.