A four-part constitutional referendum was held in Ukraine on 16 April 2000. The referendum was called by President Leonid Kuchma, and asked voters whether they approved of four amendments to the constitution that would increase the powers of the President and introduce an upper chamber. the changes were never implemented by the Verkhovna Rada on the basis that the referendum was unconstitutional, as it had not passed the proposals before they went to a referendum.

Results

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!rowspan=2|Question

!colspan=2|For

!colspan=2|Against

!rowspan=2|Invalid/<br />blank

!rowspan=2|Total<br />votes

!rowspan=2|Registered<br />voters

!rowspan=2|Turnout<br>(%)

!rowspan=2|Result

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!Votes

!%

!Votes

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|align=left|Additional circumstances under which the president can suspend parliament||25,177,984||85.92||4,126,394||14.08||393,669||29,698,047||36,629,926||81.08||

|-

|align=left|Introducing limitations on parliamentary immunity||26,461,382||90.24||2,862,560||9.76||370,763||29,694,705||36,629,926||81.07||

|-

|align=left|Reducing the number of members of parliament from 450 to 300||26,730,432||91.14||2,597,915||8.86||366,514||29,694,861||36,629,926||81.07||

|-

|align=left|Making the parliament bicameral||24,284,220||82.94||4,994,336||17.06||416,824||29,695,380||36,629,926||81.07||

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|colspan=10 align=left|Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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See also

  • Ukraine without Kuchma - a protest campaign partially provoked by the unpopular referendum

References

  • 2000 Referendum Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  • Constitutional Referendum in Ukraine (2000) Venice Commission