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May 2008 |
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NAY PYI TAW, 26 May- The Commission
for Holding the Referendum of the Union of Myanmar today issued
Announcement No. 12/2008 dated 26 May, 2008.
The full text of the announcement
is as follows:
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Union of
Myanmar
Commission for Holding the Referendum
Announcement No. 12/2008
7th Waning of Kason 1370 ME
(26 May 2008)
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| Announcement
on results of the referendum held in the whole country |
| 1. |
The
referendum for approval of the draft constitution of the Republic
of the Union of Myanmar was held successfully in 278 townships
out of 325 townships in the whole country on 10 May, 2008 and
the commission announced the results of the referendum with
the Announcement No. 10/2008 dated 15 May, 2008. In accord with
the Announcement No. 8/2008 dated 6 May, 2008, the referendum
was held on 24 May, 2008 in 40 townships in Yangon Division
and seven townships in Ayeyawady Division that were hit hard
by Cyclone "Nargis". The commission announced
the results of the referendum held on 24 May, 2008 with the
Announcement No. 11/2008 dated 26 May, 2008. |
| 2. |
The
population of the country is 57,504,368 and the number of eligible
voters is 27,369,957. Due to the severe Cyclone Nargis,
77,738 people were killed and 55,917 went missing totalling
133,655 in Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions and Mon State. According
to the Data Collecting Committee, 81,130 eligible voters were
among the dead and missing. Therefore, the population of the
country now stands at 57,370,713 and the number of eligible
voters 27,288,827. |
| 3. |
Therefore,
the aggregate result of the referendum held in 325 townships-278
on 10 May, 2008 and 47 on 24 May, 2008-is as follows: |
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(a) |
Number
of eligible voters in the entire Union 27,288,827 |
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(b) |
Number
of those who cast vote 26,776,675 (98.12 percent) |
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(c) |
Number
of those who cast "Yes" vote 24,764,124 (92.48
percent) |
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(d) |
Number
of those who cast "No" vote 1,631,712 ( 6.1
percent) |
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(e) |
Number
of cancelled vote 380,839 ( 1.42 percent) |
| 4. |
According to the Paragraph 3, the following
table shows the voting of 26,776,675 voters in the referendum
in the whole country:
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(a) |
Number
of those who went to the polling stations to cast vote 22,154,970
(82.74 percent) |
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(1) |
Number
of those who cast "Yes" vote 20,215,637 |
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(2) |
Number
of those who cast "No" vote 1,575,257 |
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(3) |
Number
of cancelled vote 364,076 |
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(b) |
Number
of those who cast vote in advance 4,621,705 (17.26 percent) |
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(1) |
Number
of those who cast "Yes" vote 4,548,487 |
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(2) |
Number
of those who cast "No" vote 56,455 |
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(3) |
Number
of cancelled vote 16,763 |
| 5. |
Therefore,
26,776,675 voters out of 27,288,827 eligible voters cast their
votes in the referendum held in the Union of Myanmar accounting
for 98.12 percent. Out of 26,776,675 who cast their votes, 24,764,124
cast "YES" vote. According to the Section 23
of the Referendum Law 2008, we hereby announce that 92.48 percent
of the voters cast "YES" vote for the approval
of the draft constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. |
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(Aung Toe)
Chairman
Commission for Holding the Referendum
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