National Action Charter of Bahrain explained

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.

Referendum

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]

Results

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=sWAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT25 Bahrain: Referendum on Government Structure
  2. Web site: Country Theme: Elections: Bahrain. UNDP-Programme on Governance in the Arab Region. 2011. 2011-02-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20110510021433/http://www.pogar.org/countries/theme.aspx?t=3&cid=2. 2011-05-10. dead.
  3. Nohlen et al., 2001, p.54