Malagasy constitutional referendum, 2007

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A constitutional referendum was held in Madagascar on 4 April 2007.^[1] The proposed changes, which voters were asked to approve or reject as a whole^[2], included:

• expansion of presidential powers in cases of emergency
• abolition of the six autonomous provinces in favor of 22 smaller areas (faritra or regions), a change that is intended to facilitate regional development
• adoption of English as an official language (in addition to the two existing official languages, French and Malagasy)^[3]
• removal of the phrase "secular state" (French: état laïque) from the Constitution^[3]

Early results, with 73.18% of the vote counted, showed that turnout was around 42.43%. The referendum appeared likely to be passed because 74.93% of the voters in Antananarivo were in favour of the amendments, even though it seemed likely that in four of the five other provinces the "no" vote might have won.^[4] According to results released on 7 April, with votes from 85.47% of polling stations counted, 75.24% were in favor of the proposed changes. Roland Ratsiraka, who placed third in the 2006 presidential election and opposed the proposed changes, alleged fraud.^[5]

Official results were released on 11 April, but it was necessary for the Constitutional High Court to validate the results in order for them to be final,^[6] and this happened on 27 April.^[7]

The Judged By Your Work Party (AVI) chose to boycott the referendum, saying that it was deceitful for the referendum to describe a "yes" vote as being a vote for national development.^[8]

Results

Malagasy constitutional referendum, 2007[1]
Choice	Votes	Percentage
Yes	2,378,650	75.33%
No	779,092	24.67%
Valid votes	3,157,742	97.94%
Invalid or blank votes	66,346	2.06%
Total votes	3,224,088	100.00%
Voter turnout	43.68%
Electorate	7,381,091

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Arrêt n°01-HCC/AR du 27 avril 2007 portant proclamation des résultats officiels du référendum du 4 avril 2007 relatif à la révision de la Constitution.", HCC website (French).
2. ^ http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/mad2007results.htm
3. ^ ^{a b} "Référendum à Madagascar: le oui mène largement (deux-tiers des bureaux)", AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), April 6, 2007 (French).
4. ^ "Initial result shows "Yes" to revision of constitution in Madagascar", Xinhua (People's Daily Online), April 7, 2007.
5. ^ "Les Malgaches disent "oui" au renforcement des pouvoirs du président", AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), April 7, 2007 (French).
6. ^ "75,38% de oui au référendum constitutionnel", AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), April 11, 2007 (French).
7. ^ "Validation du OUI au référendum", Afriqueouest.info, April 27, 2007 (French).
8. ^ Iloniaina Alain, "Référendum constitutionnel; L'Avi choisit le boycott", L'Express de Madagascar, March 23, 2007 (French).

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