How to use in-sentence of “referendum”:
+ The referendum was called by Quebec’s Parti Québécois government.
+ There was a referendum going on to find a replacement flag in 2015.
+ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa A referendum was held in the North West Frontier Province on 2 July 1947.
+ Its powers were increased again after a Yes vote in a referendum on 3 March 2011, which allowed the Assembly to make laws without having to make a request to the Parliament of the United KingdomParliament of the UK, or to the Secretary of State for Wales.
+ On 18 September 2014, the SNP held a referendum that asked the people of Scotland whether they want to be independent from the UK.
+ Use the model code below before an election for a referendum is held.
Example sentences of “referendum”:
+ The referendum prompted an unheard-of political mobilization, and the campaign was seen as a traumatic event in Quebec, as the hard choice between "Yes" and "No" shattered the nationalist consensus that had existed since the Quiet Revolution.
+ In July 2020, Russian voters backed a referendum that would allow Putin to serve as president until 2036.
+ The referendum prompted an unheard-of political mobilization, and the campaign was seen as a traumatic event in Quebec, as the hard choice between “Yes” and “No” shattered the nationalist consensus that had existed since the Quiet Revolution.
+ In July 2020, Russian voters backed a referendum that would allow Putin to serve as president until 2036.
+ The Plan was approved in the Turkish Cypriot referendum by 65%, while it was rejected in the Greek Cypriot referendum by 75%.
+ A plebiscite or referendum is a type of voting, or of proposing laws.
+ The result was seen in part as a referendum on the federal government’s ideas for a new citizenship law, which would have made it easier for long-time foreign residents to become German citizens, and also to keep their original citizenship as well.
+ Another referendum was held in 1995, with almost 50% voting in favour of leaving Canada.
+ The President can call a national referendum for important issues for the country, such as changing the articles of the Constitution, because a referendum is necessary for changing the Constitution.
+ In 1960, Verwoerd announced that he planned to hold a referendum in South Africa on whether to remain a Commonwealth realm under the British monarch’s rule or become a republic.
+ The referendum was held in February 2012.
+ On March 30, 1979 a referendum took place in Iran and as a result, the monarchy was replaced with an Islamic Republic.
More in-sentence examples of “referendum”:
+ A referendum to reform the Constitution of Russia was held from 25 June to 1 July 2020.
+ A second referendum on sovereignty in 1995 also failed, but by a smaller margin.
+ Douglas and free-Stater free-Stater in Kansas got a referendum held on January 4, 1858.
+ In 1999 John Howard’s government held a referendum on whether Australia should become a republic and have a President instead of a Queen.
+ Pakistan says there should be a referendum in Kashmir on whether the people want to join India or Pakistan, or become independent.
+ The referendum gained support from 51% of Scots but the Labour government decided that not enough people had voted in the referendum and because of this, the SNP refused to support the Labour government.
+ Perkins was also important in the campaign for the referendum in 1967, which allowed Aboriginal people to be counted in censuses, and parliament to make special laws specifically for Aboriginal people.
+ In a referendum on July 6,2003, a narrow majority of Corsican voters opposed to the project from the government of Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Minister of the Interior Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy that would have suppressed the two “départements” of the island and granted more autonomy to the territorial collectivity of Corsica.
+ This changed in 1967, when a referendum gave Aborigines the same rights as white Australians.
+ In 2014, a Scottish independence referendum was held.
+ In 1999 a referendum was held on the establishment of a new London authority and elected mayor, which was approved by a two to one margin.
+ The wording of the referendum question was a subject of debate between members of the Parti Québécois caucus.
+ A referendum was held in North East England on November 4, 2004 to see whether people there wished to have an elected regional assembly.
+ Apart from Guinea, which chose by referendum in 1958 not to join the Community, all French-ruled territories in sub-Saharan Africa joined the French Community.
+ The vote to transform the nation to a presidential system in the constitutional referendum of 2017 means the office was removed after the general election of 2018.
+ October 1st independence referendum results, the Parliament of Catalonia declared independence from Spain on 27 October 2017 with a vote of 70–10.
+ There were protests about false votes, but the referendum was acknowledged during India’s independence on 18 July 1947.
+ Pasig residents approved this through a referendum on January 21, 1995.
+ Area Representative, Kareem Musa said that he did not ask a single voter to vote yes or no in the referendum and that he is confident of next victory at polls.
+ This was one of the reasons they had voted against the European Constitution in the referendum on 29 May 2005.
+ On June 23, 2016, the UK held a referendum on whether it should stay in the EU or leave it.
+ The Assembly was created after the “Government of Wales Act 1998” law, which was introduced after a referendum in 1997.
+ In democracy this is done by educating people in the Issue issues and then voting – in an election to choose leaders, or a referendum to actually choose one option from several.
+ He can call a national referendum in matters important for the state, requiring the decision of all the citizens.
+ A referendum to reform the Constitution of Russia was held from 25 June to 1 July 2020.
+ A second referendum on sovereignty in 1995 also failed, but by a smaller margin.
+ The group took an active part in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum2016 referendum campaign for Brexit.
+ The referendum ended with 51.9% of votes in favour of leaving the EU.
+ She has said that the PQ plans to have another referendum in the future.
+ The people of the new state voted to accept the boundary changes in a referendum on 18 May 1947.
+ His son Umberto II was king for a month before a referendum abolished the monarchy.
+ The 1980 Quebec independence referendum was the first referendum in Quebec on whether Quebec should make a deal with Canada that would allow the province to have more control over its own laws, government, and trade agreements with other countries.
+ He used the results of a referendum held on 1 September 1962, in which 70% of the votes were cast in support of his proposal, to demonstrate that the people supported his plan.
+ It “was” legally binding, but it was not a referendum of the UK electorate.
+ To become law, the proposals must be put to a referendum of all Australians of voting age.
+ Montenegro held a referendum on 21 May 2006 and declared independence from Serbia on 3 June.
+ They held the Scottish independence referendum on 18 September 2014, where 55% of people voted against independence from the UK.
+ An independence referendum was held in New Caledonia on 4 November 2018.
+ This is the sixth time a referendum has been held to see if Puerto Rico should be a state.
+ As mentioned above, changing the Constitution requires a referendum in which the “Yes” vote achieves a majority nationally, as well as majorities in a majority of states.
+ In 2019, members of the Caledonian Union, Future with Confidence, the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front and the National Union for Independence requested another referendum be held.
+ A United Nations mission, MINURSO, is tasked with organizing a referendum on whether the territory should become independent or recognised as a part of Morocco.
+ The purpose of this referendum is to ask the Belizeans If they agree that their neighbouring country, Guatemala and their country, Belize request the International Court of Justice to finally resolve the Belizean-Guatemala territorial dispute.
+ The 2016 Labour Party leadership election was called when a challenge to Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party arose following criticism of his approach to the Remain campaign in the referendum on membership of the European Union and questions about his leadership of the party.
+ Constitutional amendments usually must be approved by both the parliament or legislature and a referendum – a vote by all citizens in a country.
+ For example, during Switzerland’s basic income campaign the country utilized a national referendum for the polling.
+ He offered a referendum to voters to extend them from two to four years and asked voters to approve cutting down the number of council members from 33 to 21 in order to help ease the city’s bad economy.
+ The South African Parliament voted to present the referendum to the people, and it was held in October.