Results
The day after the election, local media cited informal reports of referendum results as follows:
- Seven constituencies in Myingyan Township, Mandalay Division: 67% Yes
- Meikhtila Township, Mandalay Division: 67% Yes
- Five townships in Kachin State: 62% Yes
- Two townships in Shan State: 67% No
- Yenanchaung Township, Magwe Division: 53% Yes
Final results were not expected before the end of May; they were announced on 30 May 2008.
On 15 May 2008, the junta announced that the constitution had been approved by 92.4% of voters, claiming a 99% turnout in the two-thirds of the region that had held the vote.
| Burmese constitutional referendum, 2008 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Choice | Votes | Percentage |
| Yes | 24,764,124 | 93.82% |
| No | 1,631,712 | 6.18% |
| Valid votes | 26,395,836 | 98.58% |
| Invalid or blank votes | 380,839 | 1.42% |
| Total votes | 26,776,675 | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | 98.12% | |
| Electorate | 27,288,827 | |
| Source: People's Daily Online | ||
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