A referendum on Maastricht would give everyone the opportunity both to understand it and to debate its implications themselves.

The referendum ultimately passed and gave public support to the merger.

The referendum gave voters only two choices, one for each dam proposal.

A second referendum later in the year gave the final approval to the creation of the new province.

The referendum gave him a huge majority: 2773920 votes for and 2452 against the President.

There is a common misconception that the 1967 referendum gave Aborigines the right to vote.

Venezuela's constitutional referendum on Sunday, alongside other recent elections, gives a clear, not simple, picture of what the people want.

Such a referendum could hardly legitimate the regime, and gave little hope of progress towards a true national reconciliation.

No other referendum in history has given a clearer result.

If approved the referendum would also give the state the authority to issue an additional $1 billion in bonds for preservation purposes.