2007 Chechen constitutional referendum
2 December 2007
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| Do you accept the proposed amendments and revision of certain provisions of the Constitution of the Chechen Republic, adopted at the referendum on 23 March 2003, introduced by the President of the Chechen Republic? | |
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| Do you accept the proposal to invalidate the Law of the Chechen Republic "On Elections to the Parliament of the Chechen Republic," adopted at the referendum on 23 March 2003? | |
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A constitutional referendum was held in the Russian republic of Chechnya on 2 December 2007, together with the Russian parliamentary elections.[2] Among the changes proposed were:
- extension of the mandates of president from four to five years and of parliament from four to five years;
- removing restrictions on presidential terms
- adopting a unicameral parliament with 41 MPs (instead of the 58 MPs the lower house had up to that date);
- let future constitutional changes be decided by parliament.[3]
The referendum succeeded with 85% of the vote in favour.[4]
Results
| Question | For | Against | Invalid | Total | Registered voters |
Turnout | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constitutional amendments | 553,161 (96.88%) |
17,200 (3.01%) |
640 (0.11%) |
571,001 | 576,031 | 99.13% | Approved |
| Unicameral parliament | 553,282 (96.90%) |
17,055 (2.99%) |
668 (0.11%) |
571,005 | 576,031 | 99.13% | Approved |
See also
References
- ^ "Референдум Чеченской Республики по внесению поправок и пересмотра отдельных положений Конституции Чеченской Республики и признания недействующим Закона Чеченской Республики "О выборах в Парламент Чеченской Республики"". Central Election Commission (in Russian). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ Interfax > Politics Archived May 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tschetschenien: Referendum über längeres Präsidentschaftsmandat". Der Standard (in German). 7 September 2007. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011.
- ^ Kazbek Tsurayev (6 December 2007). "Chechnya: Kadyrov to Rule for Years". Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Archived from the original on 20 February 2008.