1994 Guatemalan constitutional referendum

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	370,044	83.95%
No	70,761	16.05%
Valid votes	440,805	80.75%
Invalid or blank votes	105,089	19.25%
Total votes	545,894	100.00%
Registered voters/turnout	3,439,331	15.87%

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A constitutional referendum was held in Guatemala on 30 January 1994.^[1] It followed a constitutional crisis and an attempted self-coup on 25 May 1993 by President Jorge Serrano Elías. Among the reforms was a plan to reduce the parliamentary term of the current government.^[2] The changes were approved by 83.9% of voters, although voter turnout was just 15.9%.^[2]

Results

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