Russian constitutional referendum, 1993

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A referendum was held in Russia on 12 December, 1993. It was initiated by President Boris Yeltsin after the fall of the Supreme Soviet. Yeltsin's aim was to enhance Presidential powers with a new Constitution.

[edit] Results

Answer	Votes	% of vote
For	32,937,630	58.48%
Against	25,250,125	41.52% (?)
Total		100%

[edit] Turnout

The total number of registered voters: 106,170,835

The number of people who participated in voting: 58,187,755, which is 54.81 %.

[edit] Sources

http://www.fci.ru/ref_12_1993_1.html

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