1992 Palauan constitutional referendum|
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Choice | Votes | % |  Yes | 5,882 | 62.38% |  No | 3,548 | 37.62% | | Valid votes | 9,430 | 97.20% | | Invalid or blank votes | 272 | 2.80% | | Total votes | 9,702 | 100.00% | | Registered voters/turnout | 11,658 | 83.22% | |
A constitutional referendum was held in Palau on 4 November 1992 to lower the majority threshold requirement for approving the Compact of Free Association with the United States from 75% to 50%. Seven previous referendums had approved the Compact, but not by the majority required. A previous referendum had approved a lowering of the threshold, but was subsequently declared void by the Supreme Court.
The change was approved by 62.4% of voters, with an 83.2% turnout. Following this, an eighth referendum was held the following year, which finally approved the Compact.[1]
Results
| Choice | Votes | % |
| For | 5,882 | 62.4 |
| Against | 3,548 | 37.6 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 272 | - |
| Total | 9,702 | 100 |
| Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p753 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
