1936 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum

A referendum on the approval of the Galician Statute of Autonomy was held in Galicia on Saturday, 4 July 1936. Voters were asked whether they ratified a proposed draft Statute of Autonomy Galicia. Article 12 of the Spanish Constitution of 1931 allowed for Spanish provinces to be organized into "autonomous regions", provided that a regional Statute was proposed by a majority of the provinces' municipalities comprising at least two-thirds of the provincial population and that two-thirds majority of all those eligible to vote accepted the draft Statute.^[1]

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1936 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum

4 July 1936 (1936-07-04)
Do you approve of the draft Statute of Autonomy of Galicia?
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 993,351 99.38% No 6,161 0.62% Valid votes 999,512 99.86% Invalid or blank votes 1,451 0.14% Total votes 1,000,963 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 1,343,155 74.52%

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The referendum resulted in 99.4% of valid votes in support of the draft Statute on a turnout of 74.5%, representing 74.0% of the electorate.This significant difference in votes between the two options was described as a "holy pucherazo" (meaning electoral fraud) by the statute's own supporters.^[2] However, the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War prevented the draft Statute from being submitted to the Spanish Cortes for its final approval.^[3]