French constitutional referendum, 1851
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A referendum was held in France
on 20 and 21 October 1851. Voters were asked whether they approved of the continuation of the authority of Louis Napoléon Bonaparte
and to delegate the powers required to produce a new constitution. It was approved by 92% of voters with an 81.7% turnout.
from voting.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
on 20 and 21 October 1851. Voters were asked whether they approved of the continuation of the authority of Louis Napoléon Bonaparte
Napoleon III of France
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was the President of the French Second Republic and as Napoleon III, the ruler of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I, christened as Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte...
and to delegate the powers required to produce a new constitution. It was approved by 92% of voters with an 81.7% turnout.
Outcome
92.03% of French voters voted in favor of the amendment. While 18.35% of electors abstainedAbstention
Abstention is a term in election procedure for when a participant in a vote either does not go to vote or, in parliamentary procedure, is present during the vote, but does not cast a ballot. Abstention must be contrasted with "blank vote", in which a voter casts a ballot willfully made invalid by...
from voting.