Example sentences of "referendum held on " in BNC.
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| 1 | In three referendums held on June 3-4 , majorities of around 93 per cent in each case supported proposals to revoke existing laws on game hunting and the use of pesticides in agriculture . |
| 2 | Vladimir Isakov and Sergei Baburin , two prominent leaders of Russian Unity , were humiliated in the referendum held on April 25th . |
| 3 | The current President , Maumoun Abdul Gayoom , who first took office in July 1978 , was re-elected for the second time in a referendum held on Sept. 23 , 1988 [ see p. 36350 ] . |
| 4 | Buyoya signed a decree on Feb. 9 establishing a National Unity Charter which had been overwhelmingly endorsed by voters in a referendum held on Feb. 5 . |
| 5 | A referendum held on July 28 , 1989 , backed constitutional amendments which greatly strengthened presidential authority [ see p. 36833 ] . |
| 6 | In a referendum held on May 19 throughout Croatia , final results showed that 83.6 per cent of the registered electorate of 3,652,225 went to the polls and 93.2 per cent of these voted in favour of the proposal that Croatia , " as a sovereign and independent country which guarantees cultural autonomy and all civic rights to the Serbs and members of other nationalities in Croatia , may with other republics join a confederation of sovereign states " . |
| 7 | A national referendum held on June 9 and 10 resulted in an unexpectedly large majority of 95.6 per cent in favour of a package of reforms to the voting procedure for parliamentary elections . |
| 8 | In a referendum held on Sept. 8 in Macedonia 75 per cent of the registered electorate of 1,400,000 went to the polls ; they were boycotted by many of the Albanians who made up 25 per cent of the republic 's population . |
| 9 | ( 1 ) It attempted to establish the legitimacy of the Union by a referendum held on March 17 , 1991 , on the preservation of the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | Hafez al-Assad 's nomination for a fourth seven-year term as president was endorsed by 99.98 per cent of voters in a referendum held on Dec. 2 . |
| 11 | Following the rejection of the proposals put forward by the ruling Popular Democratic Party ( PPD ) in the referendum held on Dec. 8 , 1991 [ see p. 38670 ] , the Governor , Rafael Hernández Colón , announced his intention not to seek re-election in the gubernatorial elections due to be held in November 1992 ; it was expected that Victoria Múñoz Mendoza would be endorsed as the PPD 's candidate for the governorship . |
| 12 | A referendum held on May 4 in the Northwest Territories resulted in a vote in favour of the boundary changes required to establish a native Inuit homeland , Nunavut . |
| 13 | In a referendum held on Sept. 19 the New Zealand electorate voted decisively to change the country 's electoral system . |
| 14 | In a referendum held on Sept. 27 voters approved by 1,304,365 votes ( 63.6 per cent ) to 747,304 ( 36.4 per cent ) the construction of two new trans-Alpine rail tunnels through the St Gotthard ( 50 km ) and the Lötschberg ( 30 km ) , costing at least SFr14,900 million . |
| 15 | A draft constitution , prepared by a commission consisting of a majority of members drawn from the ruling Seychelles People 's Progressive Front ( SPPF ) , failed to win approval by the necessary 60 per cent majority in a referendum held on Nov. 15 . |