List of Gylian referendums

This is a list of notable Gylian referendum results. Gylias holds multiple referendums at the federal, regional, and municipal level, as part of its practice of direct democracy.

All figures sourced from Elections Gylias. Only notable referendum results are listed, the majority federal.

1958

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
10 January	Proposal	Approve temporary formation of Executive Committee	93,8%	64,5%	35,5%	Approved
14 February	Proposal	Establish municipalities	95,3%	72,0%	28,0%	Approved
24 February	Proposal	Establish Popular Assembly	94,4%	59,2%	40,8%	Approved
4 April	Proposal	Establish new capital at Mişeyáke	91,7%	55,9%	44,1%	Approved
22 September	Constitutional initiative	Federalism	95,6%	75,3%	24,7%	Approved
10 October	Proposal	Creation of municipal monopolies	92,2%	68,1%	31,9%	Approved

1959

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
27 February	Modification	Inclusion of markets in the Law on Industrial Organisation of 1958	90,4%	44,5%	55,5%	Rejected
13 April	Proposal	Initiative on essential services	91,7%	41,8%	58,2%	Rejected
4 May	Proposal	Draft general principles of the Administrative Code	92,0%	57,5%	42,5%	Approved
1 January	Proposal	Final referendum on national symbols	93,4%	59,6%	40,4%	Approved

1960

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
29 January	Constitutional initiative	Economic system	90,8%	41,3%	58,7%	Rejected
1 February	Constitutional initiative	Bicameral Parliament	94,3%	56,1%	43,9%	Approved
11 April	Constitutional initiative	Institute universal ranked voting	93,5%	53,6%	46,4%	Approved
5 September	Proposal	Federate municipalities of Velouria	97,9%	60,7%	39,3%	Approved
11 November	Proposal	Allow federation of municipalities into larger entities	92,5%	51,5%	48,5%	Approved
26 December	Proposal	Federation of local drug monopolies	92,9%	54,6%	45,4%	Approved

1961

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
3 February	Constitutional initiative	Division of federal and municipal responsibilities	90,8%	52,3%	47,7%	Approved
3 April	Constitutional initiative	Establish additional courts	91,5%	44,4%	55,6%	Rejected
28 April	Constitutional initiative	Adopt Constitution	96,1%	88,9%	11,1%	Approved
29 May	Modification	Strengthen curriculum guidelines	94,8%	29,5%	70,5%	Rejected
1 September	Proposal	Establish nationality law	90,2%	51,4%	48,6%	Approved
9 October	Proposal	Ban anti-constitutional parties	91,4%	49,5%	50,5%	Rejected
27 November	Proposal	Establish juries	92,5%	46,3%	53,7%	Rejected

1962

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
16 February	Constitutional amendment	State of emergency	93,3%	53,6%	46,4%	Approved
9 March	Constitutional amendment	Fiscal federalism	92,2%	57,6%	42,4%	Approved
4 May	Proposal	Judicial elections	94,7%	41,6%	58,4%	Rejected
30 November	Proposal	Restrict life tenure	91,8%	56,2%	43,8%	Approved

1963

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
21 January	Modification	Initiative on electoral fusion	92,5%	49,8%	50,2%	Rejected
11 March	Proposal	Anti-corruption initiative	95,6%	57,9%	42,1%	Approved
1 April	Proposal	Establish term limits	93,5%	41,4%	58,6%	Rejected
25 October	Proposal	Initiative on police powers	91,7%	56,1%	43,9%	Approved

1964

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
3 February	Proposal	Initiative against unfair competition	92,4%	53,2%	46,8%	Approved
28 February	Proposal	Initiative on road network	90,5%	54,3%	45,7%	Approved
10 April	Modification	Revise constitutional amendment procedures	94,3%	47,7%	52,3%	Rejected
4 May	Modification	Allow municipalities to vary electoral systems	92,1%	44,3%	55,7%	Rejected
25 December	Proposal	Initiative on private education	94,5%	42,9%	57,1%	Rejected

1965

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
5 March	Proposal	Initiative on regional radio associations	91,6%	53,2%	46,8%	Approved
30 April	Modification	Revise procedure for drawing circonscription boundaries	92,8%	49,7%	50,3%	Rejected
31 May	Proposal	Initiative on fishing and hunting licenses	93,7%	45,8%	54,2%	Rejected
31 May	Modification	Strengthen fishing regulations	93,7%	56,2%	43,8%	Approved

1966

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
28 February	Proposal	Initiative on gambling	92,6%	44,8%	55,2%	Rejected
7 March	Modification	Revise federal affirmative action quotas	94,7%	51,7%	48,3%	Approved
29 April	Constitutional amendment	Initiative on judicial review	93,6%	45,1%	54,9%	Rejected
5 September	Modification	Expand the Bureau of Statistics and Accounting's information-gathering powers	91,5%	53,8%	46,2%	Approved
31 October	Proposal	Institute a general tax amnesty	92,7%	59,9%	40,1%	Approved

1967

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
24 March	Proposal	Establish national concert pitch law	94,5%	66,4%	33,6%	Approved
28 April	Proposal	Introduce simplified content rating systems	95,2%	37,6%	62,4%	Rejected
29 May	Proposal	Initiative on importing animal products	92,6%	47,7%	52,3%	Rejected
1 September	Proposal	Revise road tax and introduce fuel tax	91,3%	52,4%	47,6%	Approved
20 October	Modification	Revise Law on Freedom and Fairness in Information of 1962	94,7%	41,1%	58,9%	Rejected

1968

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
5 January	Proposal	Initiative on independent sex work	90,5%	52,1%	47,9%	Approved
11 March	Modification	Reduce threshold to constitute municipal government	92,1%	49,7%	50,3%	Rejected
2 September	Constitutional amendment	Abolition of the state	93,6%	19,4%	19,7%	Invalidated
4 October	Modification	Strengthen Bureau of Religious Affairs' prosecution powers	91,2%	53,4%	46,6%	Approved

The 2 September 1968 referendum was invalidated due to a majority of invalid votes.

1969

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
3 February	Proposal	Initiative on advertising space	93,5%	58,9%	41,1%	Approved
7 March	Modification	Revise duration of sports season	94,1%	45,4%	54,6%	Rejected
7 March	Modification	Revise primary election regulations	92,3%	56,4%	43,6%	Approved
1 September	Constitutional amendment	Introduce regional governments	93,6%	59,6%	40,4%	Approved
14 November	Modification	Revise broadcasting regulations on language parity	94,2%	55,5%	44,5%	Approved

1970

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
27 February	Modification	Revise electoral apportionment procedures	91,7%	43,3%	56,7%	Rejected
30 April	Modification	Revise electoral calendar	94,8%	52,4%	47,6%	Approved
4 May	Constitutional amendment	Initiative on local government	90,7%	53,4%	46,6%	Approved
7 September	Modification	Relax drug licensing requirements for retailers	91,5%	45,8%	54,2%	Rejected

1971

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
5 March	Modification	Allow official sponsorship of sports clubs	92,6%	42,7%	57,3%	Rejected
30 April	Constitutional amendment	Elect the Senate from professional constituencies	93,7%	44,6%	55,4%	Rejected
1 October	Proposal	Initiative on debt cancellation	95,6%	57,5%	42,5%	Approved

1972

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
28 February	Constitutional amendment	Allow dual mandates	92,4%	43,8%	56,2%	Rejected
10 March	Proposal	Initiative against concentration of wealth	90,3%	52,3%	47,7%	Approved
28 April	Proposal	Regulation of holistic medicine	91,4%	46,0%	54,0%	Rejected
25 December	Proposal	Initiative on political reform	90,8%	51,4%	48,6%	Approved

1973

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
30 April	Proposal	Initiative on regional languages	93,5%	60,5%	39,5%	Approved
4 May	Proposal	Revision of tax brackets	95,4%	59,7%	40,3%	Approved
3 September	Proposal	Initiative on nature conservation	94,2%	57,8%	42,2%	Approved
30 November	Proposal	Revision of government salaries	92,4%	45,3%	54,7%	Rejected

1974

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
7 January	Modification	Tax adjustments for regional and municipal governments	91,5%	53,7%	46,3%	Approved
1 April	Modification	Schedule elections and referendums on weekends	92,7%	35,5%	64,5%	Rejected
25 October	Modification	Introduce universal open primaries	91,4%	46,4%	53,6%	Rejected

1975

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
7 March	Modification	Revise regulations for recall elections	94,6%	43,7%	56,3%	Rejected
2 May	Modification	Revise regulations for imperative mandates	94,2%	43,1%	56,9%	Rejected
26 December	Proposal	Initiative on applied sciences	92,3%	53,9%	46,1%	Approved

1976

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
27 February	Modification	Revise party registration procedures	91,7%	47,4%	52,6%	Rejected
1 March	Proposal	Initiative on public financing of parties	92,6%	51,6%	48,4%	Approved
3 May	Constitutional amendment	Socialist republic	94,5%	42,4%	57,6%	Rejected
10 September	Modification	Revise referendum procedures	92,9%	62,9%	37,1%	Approved

1977

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
29 April	Modification	Revise preference transfer procedures	91,3%	41,4%	58,6%	Rejected
3 October	Constitutional amendment	Convert the Gylian Self-Defense Forces into a military	93,7%	40,1%	59,9%	Rejected
25 November	Modification	Revise judiciary regulations	93,2%	52,8%	47,2%	Approved

1978

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
5 May	Proposal	Merge Arxaþ and Alţira into one region	92,4%	50,1%	49,9%	Failed
8 May	Modification	Revise governments' conservation powers	92,5%	41,2%	58,8%	Rejected
1 September	Modification	Initiative on multiple-choice referendums	91,4%	52,4%	47,6%	Approved
2 October	Proposal	Cap on property taxes	92,6%	37,4%	62,6%	Rejected

The 5 May 1978 referendum failed the double majority requirement, narrowly securing a majority of votes overall but not being approved by both regions.

1979

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
26 February	Proposal	Establish rainy day funds	91,8%	45,8%	54,2%	Rejected
25 May	Modification	Revise equalisation payments	92,0%	44,6%	55,4%	Rejected
30 November	Proposal	Introduce balanced budget requirement	92,2%	40,3%	59,7%	Rejected

1980

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
25 January	Modification	Relax restrictions on infant milk	90,7%	44,8%	55,2%	Rejected
7 March	Modification	Relax restrictions on importing animal products	94,2%	44,3%	55,7%	Rejected
7 March	Proposal	Ban importation of slaughtered animal meat	94,2%	52,4%	47,6%	Approved

1981

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
4 May	Constitutional amendment	Abolish the Senate	95,5%	40,6%	59,4%	Rejected
18 September	Modification	Reduce the Chamber of Deputies' size	95,2%	39,5%	60,5%	Rejected
30 November	Proposal	Initiative on road network	91,4%	42,2%	57,8%	Rejected

1982

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
29 January	Modification	Revise limit on candidates per circonscription	92,7%	35,6%	64,4%	Rejected
1 February	Modification	Revise Economic Code to emphasise public property	93,8%	30,3%	69,7%	Rejected
30 April	Proposal	Expansion of Infotel services	90,9%	60,7%	39,3%	Approved
1 October	Initiative	Ban foreign military bases in Gylias	92,5%	45,7%	54,3%	Rejected

1983

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
May	Initiative	Abolish Summer's Day	93,6%	19,5%	80,5%	Rejected
September	Proposal	Initiative on protection of absentee voters' privacy	94,8%	73,6%	26,4%	Approved
October	Modification	Establish by-elections	92,4%	41,0%	59,0%	Rejected

1984

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
17 February	Modification	Expand public ownership	94,5%	35,7%	64,3%	Rejected
9 March	Proposal	Initiative on cabinet transparency	93,8%	58,7%	41,3%	Approved
3 September	Proposal	Initiative on parliamentary committees	92,0%	46,4%	53,6%	Rejected
26 November	Proposal	Initiative on public technology	92,3%	56,8%	43,2%	Approved

1985

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
31 May	Modification	Introduce snap elections	93,2%	49,8%	50,2%	Rejected
2 September	Proposal	Initiative on sport promotion	90,8%	52,8%	47,2%	Approved
4 October	Modification	Halt industrialisation policy	90,8%	56,7%	43,3%	Approved
6 December	Proposal	Initiative on administrative agencies	91,7%	41,3%	58,7%	Rejected

1986

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
3 January	Constitutional amendment	Revise President's powers to designate Prime Ministers	93,5%	38,5%	61,5%	Rejected
18 April	Proposal	Initiative on spending restrictions	92,8%	36,4%	63,6%	Rejected
31 October	Proposal	Close Royal Ossorian Navy base at Eltykan	90,3%	45,3%	54,7%	Rejected

1987

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
30 January	Modification	Abolish the National Prices Board	94,6%	30,2%	69,8%	Rejected
2 February	Modification	Initiative on strenghtening cooperative sector	93,5%	72,6%	27,4%	Approved
4 May	Modification	Revise fiscal requirements for public organisations	91,3%	52,4%	47,6%	Approved
30 October	Proposal	Initiative on currency reform	90,2%	46,3%	53,7%	Rejected

1988

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
29 April	Proposal	Initiative against privatisation	94,5%	60,4%	39,6%	Approved
30 May	Modification	Strengthen prosecution powers for anti-constitutional activities	92,9%	51,3%	48,7%	Approved
7 October	Modification	Reduce number of Senate members	91,4%	43,6%	56,4%	Rejected

1989

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
27 February	Proposal	High-speed rail expansion	92,4%	59,8%	40,2%	Approved
10 March	Modification	Consolidation of elections	92,1%	44,4%	55,6%	Rejected
6 November	Proposal	Initiative on car-free zones	91,7%	56,7%	43,3%	Approved

1990

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
2 March	Modification	Initiative on tax reform	93,5%	42,8%	57,2%	Rejected
30 April	Proposal	Initiative on monetary policy	94,1%	58,8%	41,2%	Approved
4 May	Modification	Broadcasting reform	92,2%	54,6%	45,4%	Approved
21 September	Repeal	Initiative against consumption restrictions	95,0%	34,6%	65,4%	Rejected

1991

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
21 January	Proposal	Initiative on urban planning	91,5%	52,4%	47,6%	Approved
25 January	Proposal	Establish thorium-based nuclear power plants	95,8%	51,8%	48,2%	Approved
11 March	Modification	Initiative on insurance reform	92,8%	47,0%	53,0%	Rejected
31 May	Constitutional amendment	Senate reform	93,1%	50,1%	49,9%	Failed

The 31 May 1991 referendum failed the double majority requirement, narrowly securing a majority of votes overall but failing to carry a majority of regions.

1992

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
28 February	Modification	Initiative on cultural policy	94,5%	56,9%	43,1%	Approved
2 March	Modification	Revise signature-gathering procedures for referendums	93,7%	55,5%	44,5%	Approved
9 October	Modification	Initiative on political renewal	91,2%	43,0%	57,0%	Rejected

1993

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
22 January	Modification	Initiative on municipal election reform	92,0%	46,8%	53,2%	Rejected
30 April	Modification	Strengthen pesticide regulations	92,1%	54,5%	45,5%	Approved
1 November	Modification	Initiative on electoral reform	95,4%	39,6%	60,4%	Rejected

1994

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
28 February	Modification	Initiative on bank reform	91,0%	52,2%	47,8%	Approved
30 September	Constitutional amendment	Abolish bicameralism	92,7%	43,9%	56,1%	Rejected
3 October	Modification	Revise naturalisation procedures	93,4%	42,6%	57,4%	Rejected

1995

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
23 January	Modification	Strengthen animal welfare legislation	94,1%	58,8%	41,2%	Approved
27 February	Proposal	Initiative on energy conservation	93,5%	53,4%	46,6%	Approved
29 May	Proposal	Initiative on legally enforceable party platforms	90,8%	48,8%	51,2%	Rejected

1996

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
11 March	Proposal	Initiative on clear mandates	90,5%	50,7%	49,3%	Approved
2 September	Proposal	Initiative on tenant protection	91,6%	55,3%	44,7%	Approved
2 December	Modification	Restrict forestry licenses	93,2%	52,2%	47,8%	Approved

1997

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
7 February	Modification	Initiative on justice reform	94,7%	41,3%	58,7%	Rejected
28 February	Constitutional amendment	Sortition-based Senate	94,3%	61,3%	38,7%	Approved
2 May	Modification	Initiative on tax harmonisation	92,3%	59,5%	40,5%	Approved
1 September	Proposal	Initiative on electronic direct democracy	95,1%	64,3%	35,7%	Approved

1998

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
30 January	Modification	Initiative on land rents	91,7%	59,6%	40,4%	Approved
2 March	Modification	Revise local health units' involvement in environmental matters	93,9%	82,5%	17,5%	Approved
7 September	Constitutional amendment	Initiative on cabinet reorganisation	92,0%	44,7%	55,3%	Rejected

1999

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
1 February	Proposal	Promotion of urban agriculture	91,2%	69,0%	31,0%	Approved
26 February	Proposal	Promotion of natural light in cities	91,3%	50,8%	49,2%	Approved
3 December	Proposal	Initiative on media accountability	92,7%	51,2%	48,8%	Approved
24 December	Proposal	Ban prognostication and groundless speculation in media	90,9%	52,4%	47,6%	Approved

2000

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
24 January	Proposal	Introduce zero-based budgeting in the public sector	93,1%	21,8%	78,2%	Rejected
17 April	Modification	Initiative on expanding community gardens	92,3%	86,7%	13,3%	Approved
27 October	Modification	Increase threshold for approving tax increases	93,7%	39,9%	60,1%	Rejected

2001

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
9 March	Proposal	Establish minimum budget allocations for public services	95,3%	75,5%	24,5%	Approved
27 April	Modification	Lower mandatory retirement age	95,6%	60,7%	39,3%	Approved
30 November	Proposal	Initiative on time laws	90,7%	50,1%	49,9%	Approved

2002

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
1 February	Proposal	Initiative on promotion of footpaths and hiking trails	91,8%	76,2%	23,8%	Approved
31 May	Modification	Revise trade regulations	93,6%	35,6%	64,4%	Rejected
21 October	Modification	Revise judiciary regulations	92,1%	44,4%	55,6%	Rejected

2003

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
31 January	Modification	Increase GNSDF's powers to guard territorial waters	91,6%	59,0%	41,0%	Approved
7 March	Proposal	Initiative on sex work facilities	92,0%	57,7%	42,3%	Approved
1 September	Modification	Revise public auto insurance regulations	92,5%	52,9%	47,1%	Approved

2004

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
3 May	Proposal	Initiative on nightlife policy	95,1%	58,0%	42,0%	Approved
29 October	Modification	Revise drug license requirements	94,7%	46,9%	53,1%	Rejected
24 December	Modification	Strengthen separation of public and private sector work	93,7%	62,4%	37,6%	Approved

2005

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
7 March	Modification	Revise shared parenting regulations	91,6%	32,2%	67,8%	Rejected

2006

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
5 May	Proposal	Initiative on marine and coastal areas	92,7%	53,6%	46,4%	Approved

2007

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
30 November	Modification	Initiative on water flouridation	91,8%	50,5%	49,5%	Approved

2008

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
29 February	Modification	Revise shop opening hours	92,0%	48,5%	51,5%	Rejected

2009

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
27 April	Modification	Revise noise protection regulations	93,4%	59,2%	40,8%	Approved

2010

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
24 December	Proposal	Initiative on music festivals	92,2%	60,5%	39,5%	Approved

2011

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
7 March	Constitutional amendment	Revise President's powers	95,5%	49,4%	50,6%	Rejected

2012

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
28 May	Modification	Initiative on pet regulations	92,4%	52,0%	48,0%	Approved

2013

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
30 September	Modification	Initiative on family planning	91,0%	55,2%	44,8%	Approved

2014

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
7 March	Constitutional amendment	Revise regional allocation of Senators	92,6%	45,7%	54,3%	Rejected

2015

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
11 May	Modification	Strengthen civil rights protections	93,9%	67,9%	32,1%	Approved

2016

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
2 September	Proposal	Initiative on sport promotion	92,1%	65,4%	34,6%	Approved

2017

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
10 March	Modification	Revise sales tax exemptions	90,4%	65,5%	34,5%	Approved

2018

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
30 April	Constitutional amendment	Directly elect government ministers	92,3%	42,1%	57,9%	Rejected

2019

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
1 November	Proposal	Initiative on national community service	94,7%	32,2%	67,8%	Rejected

2020

Date	Type	Subject	Turnout	For	Against	Result
28 February	Proposal	Initiative on cycling	93,7%	73,6%	26,4%	Approved