It was also higher than the 63 percent figure during the October constitutional referendum, which had greater Sunni Arab participation than the election before it.
In an October 1933 referendum on constitutional reform, what was unsuccessfully attempted since 1926, was approved by 72.7 percent of the voters.
De Gaulle won very easily the 28 October referendum and the parliamentary elections on 18 and 25 November.
The most important task for the newly elected legislature will be to nominate the single candidate in an October referendum that will choose a president.
A proposal to move to a conventional ward system was rejected by voters in an October 17, 2004 referendum.
It resembles an experiment tried in the October referendum in the rural towns and villages just east of Ramadi, where about 160,000 people live.
In the October 1995 referendum, Quebec's vote in favor of separation had increased to just over 49 percent.
In the vicinity of polling places, Iraqi and American officials plan to use the same general system of security that they refined in the October referendum.
This poll was done as a simulated referendum, using a similar ballot to the one used on the October 22 referendum, having a secret vote.
After all, residents approved the windows in an October 1986 referendum.