List of monarchy referendums

Monarchy referendums are referendums on the establishment, abolition, or restoration of monarchy or on the rules of succession.

## Referendums on the establishment, abolition, or restoration of a monarchy

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Country  | Referendum  | Date  | Result  | For republic [%]  | For monarchy [%]  | Turnout [%]  | Comments  | Notes

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Albania | 1997 Albanian monarchy referendum | 29 June 1997  | republic retained  | 66.7  | 33.3  | 71.64  | Legitimacy of the results have been called into question by the House of Zogu.  | [1][2]
Australia | 1999 Australian republic referendum | 6 November 1999  | monarchy retained  | 45.13  | 54.87  | 95.1  |  | [3]
Brazil | 1993 Brazilian constitutional referendum | 21 April 1993  | republic retained  | 86.6  | 13.4  | 84.3  |  | [4]
Bulgaria | 1946 Bulgarian republic referendum | 8 September 1946  | monarchy abolished  | 95.6  | 4.4  | 91.7  |  | [5]
The Gambia | 1965 Gambian republic referendum | 24 November 1965  | monarchy retained  | 65.85  | 34.15  | 60.46  | Required 2/3 majority.  | [6]
The Gambia | 1970 Gambian republic referendum | April 1970  | monarchy abolished  | 70.45  | 29.55  | 90.1  |  | [7]
Greece | 1920 Greek referendum | 22 November 1920  | monarchy restored  | \-  | \-  |  | Constantine I returned to the throne.  | [8]
Greece | 1924 Greek republic referendum | 13 April 1924  | monarchy abolished  | 69.98  | 30.02  |  | On 25 March 1924, the Second Hellenic Republic was proclaimed.  | [9]
Greece | 1935 Greek monarchy referendum | 3 November 1935  | monarchy restored  | 2.1  | 97.9  |  | The referendum is viewed as having not been free or fair.  | [10][11][12]
Greece | 1946 Greek referendum | 1 September 1946  | monarchy retained  | 31.6  | 68.4  | 86.6  |  | [13]
Greece | 1973 Greek republic referendum | 29 July 1973  | monarchy abolished  | 78.6  | 21.4  | 75.0  |  | [14]
Greece | 1974 Greek republic referendum | 8 December 1974  | republic retained  | 69.2  | 30.8  | 75.6  | The Junta had already staged a plebiscite held on 29 July 1973, which resulted in the establishment of the Republic. However, after the fall of the military regime, the new government, under Constantine Karamanlis, decided to hold another one, as Junta legal acts were considered illegal.  | [15]
Iceland | 1944 Icelandic constitutional referendum | between 20 and 23 May 1944  | monarchy abolished  | 98.5  | 1.5  | 98.4  |  | [16]
Iran | March 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum | 30 and 31 March 1979  | monarchy abolished  | 99.3  | 0.7  | 98  |  | [17]
Italy | 1946 Italian institutional referendum | 2 June 1946  | monarchy abolished  | 52.3  | 47.7  | 89.1  |  | [18]
Luxembourg | 1919 Luxembourg referendum | 28 September 1919  | monarchy retained  | 19.7  | 80.3  | 72.1  |  | [19]
Maldives | 1952 Maldivian constitutional referendum | 17 and 18 April 1952  | monarchy abolished  | 96  | 4  |  |  | [20]
Maldives | 1953 Maldivian constitutional referendum | August 1953  | monarchy restored  | 2.0  | 98.0  |  |  | [21]
Maldives | 1968 Maldivian constitutional referendum | 15 March 1968  | monarchy abolished  | 81.23  | 18.77  | 93.35  |  | [22]
Mexico | 1863 Mexican emperor referendum | 4 December 1863  | monarchy restored  | 0  | 100  | 74.76  | Second Mexican Empire was created; Archduke Maximilian of Austria installed as Maximilian I of Mexico.  | [23]
Norway | 1905 Norwegian monarchy referendum | 12 and 13 November 1905  | monarchy retained  | 21.06  | 78.94  | 75.3  |  | [24]
Rhodesia | 1969 Rhodesian constitutional referendum | 20 June 1969  | monarchy abolished  | 81.01  | 18.99  | 80.97  |  | [25]
Rwanda | 1961 Rwandan monarchy referendum | 25 September 1961  | monarchy abolished  | 79.85  | 20.15  | 95.31  |  | [26]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2009 Vincentian constitutional referendum | 25 November 2009  | monarchy retained  | 43.71  | 55.29  | 53.48  |  | [27]
Kingdom of Sikkim | 1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum | 14 April 1975  | monarchy abolished  | 97.55  | 2.45  | 63.02  | Sikkim was annexed by India a month later.  | [28]
South Africa | 1960 South African republic referendum | 5 October 1960  | monarchy abolished  | 52.29  | 47.71  | 90.77  |  | [29]
Spain | 1947 Spanish law of succession referendum | 6 July 1947  | monarchy restored  | 4.9  | 95.1  | 88.6  | It was a referendum with no democratic guarantees, carried out by a totalitarian state. It appointed Francisco Franco, the current Dictator, as head of state for life until Franco's death or resignation, but also granted him the power to appoint his successor as King or Regent of the Kingdom and thereby formally establish a new Kingdom of Spain.  | [30]
Tuvalu | 1986 Tuvaluan constitutional referendum | February 1986  | monarchy retained  | 5.14  | 90.75  |  |
Tuvalu | 2008 Tuvaluan constitutional referendum | 30 April 2008  | monarchy retained  | 35.02  | 64.98  |  |  | [31]
Vietnam | 1955 State of Vietnam referendum | 23 October 1955  | republic retained  | 98.91  | 1.09  | 108.42  |  | [32]

## Referendums to choose or confirm a new monarch or to change the rules of succession

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Belgium | 1950 Belgian monarchy referendum | 12 March 1950  | Whether King Leopold III should return, have his royal powers and duties restored and the regency of Prince Charles, Count of Flanders be terminated  | King Leopold III returned, with powers and duties restored  | 57.68% in favor, 42.32% opposed  | 92.92  | King Leopold III gave up his powers and duties in August 1950, making his eldest son Baudouin, regent. Leopold III later abdicated in July 1951, in favour of Baudouin.  | [33]
Denmark | 2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum | 7 June 2009  | Whether male-preference primogeniture should be abolished in determining succession to the Danish throne and replaced with absolute primogeniture | Absolute primogeniture adopted  | 85.3% in favour, 14.6% opposed  | 58.32  |  | [34][35]
Greece | 1862 Greek head of state referendum | 19 November 1862  | Who if anyone should succeed Otto as King of the Hellenes after his deposition | Prince Alfred of the United Kingdom should be installed as the new monarch  | \-  |  | Prince Alfred declined the Greek throne due to pressure from the British government and from his mother, Queen Victoria; Prince William of Denmark was later installed as George I of Greece.  | [36][37]
Romania | 1866 Romanian prince referendum | 20 April 1866  | Whether Prince Prince Karl Ludwig of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen should be installed as Domnitor of Romania after the ouster of Alexandru Ioan Cuza | Prince Karl Ludwig confirmed  | 99.97% in favor, 0.03% opposed  | 84.60  | Prince Karl Ludwig was immediately installed as Domnitor Carol I. His status was elevated to that of King in 1881.  | [1]

## See also

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* Independence referendum

## References

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