A constitutional referendum was held in the Russian republic of Chechnya on 2 December 2007, together with the Russian parliamentary elections.Interfax > Politics Among the changes proposed were:
extension of the mandates of president from four to five years and of parliament from four to five years; removing restrictions on presidential terms adopting a unicameral parliament with 41 MPs (instead of the 58 MPs the lower house had up to that date); let future constitutional changes be decided by parliament.
The referendum succeeded with 85% of the vote in favour.
Results QuestionForAgainstInvalidTotalRegisteredvotersTurnoutOutcomeConstitutional amendments (96.88%) (3.01%) 640(0.11%) 99.13% Unicameral parliament (96.90%) (2.99%) 668(0.11%) 99.13%
See also Politics of Chechnya
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