1968 Spanish Guinean constitutional referendum facts for kids

Do you approve with your vote the constitutional text prepared by the Constitutional Conference of Equatorial Guinea?
Date	11 August 1968
Quick facts for kids Results Votes  % Yes 72,458 64.32% No 40,197 35.68% Valid votes 112,655 98.09% Invalid or blank votes 2,198 1.91% Total votes 114,853 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 125,253 91.7%

In 1968, a very important vote happened in a country then called Spanish Guinea. This vote was a referendum, which is when all the people get to vote on a big decision. The main goal was to help the country become independent from Francoist Spain, which means it would rule itself.

The people voted on a new set of rules for the country, called a constitution. This new constitution would create a government with a president and a parliament. A parliament is a group of people who make laws. This one would have 35 members. Most people, about 64% of those who voted, said "yes" to the new constitution. After this vote, elections were held in September to choose the new leaders.

A few years earlier, in 1963, the people of Spanish Guinea had also voted. In that vote, they chose to have more autonomy from Spain. This meant they could make more of their own decisions, even though they were not fully independent yet.

How People Voted

The referendum asked people if they approved the new constitution. Here's how the votes were counted:

This table shows that more people voted "yes" than "no". This meant the new constitution was approved.