Spanish political reform referendum, 1976

Spanish political reform referendum, 1976
Do you approve of the Political Reform Bill?
Location	Spain
Date	15 December 1976
Results Votes % Y Yes 16,573,180 7001973600000000000♠97.36% No 450,102 7000264000000000000♠2.64% Valid votes 17,023,282 7001967300000000000♠96.73% Invalid or blank votes 576,280 7000327000000000000♠3.27% Total votes 17,599,562 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 22,644,290 7001777200000000000♠77.72%

A Spanish political reform referendum was held on Wednesday, 15 December 1976, to gauge support for either the ratification or repealing of the Political Reform Act which had been approved by the Spanish Cortes on 18 November 1976. The question asked was "Do you approve of the Political Reform Bill?" (Spanish: "¿Aprueba el Proyecto de Ley para la Reforma Política?"). The referendum resulted in 97.4% of voters supporting the bill on a turnout of 77.7%.

The Political Reform Act (Spanish: Ley 1/1977 de 4 de enero) was the last of the Fundamental Laws of the Realm and was approved by the Cortes on 18 November 1976. Its aim was to move away from the dictatorship of the Franco era and turn Spain into a constitutional monarchy with a parliament system based on representative democracy. It had been drafted by Torcuato Fernández Miranda, then President of the Cortes, and supported by Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez and King Juan Carlos. The law provided for the legalisation of political parties and a democratic election to Constituent Cortes, a committee of which then drafted the Constitution.

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