Country: | Bahrain |
Flag Year: | 1972 |
Yes: | 191,790 |
No: | 3,098 |
Invalid: | 1,374 |
Electorate: | 217,579 |
The National Action Charter of Bahrain (Arabic: ميثاق العمل الوطني في البحرين) is a document put forward by King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah of Bahrain in 2001 in order to end the popular 1990s Uprising and return the country to constitutional rule. It was approved in a national referendum in 2001, in which 98.4% of the voters voted in favor of the document.
The referendum took place on 14 and 15 February. Voter turnout was 90.2%, with 98.41% voting in favour.[1] [2] With a total population of 620,500, around 35.1% had voted in the referendum.[3]