1992 South African apartheid referendum

1992 South African apartheid referendum

17 March 1992 (1992-03-17)

Do you support continuation of the reform process which the State President began on 2 February 1990 and which is aimed at a new Constitution through negotiation?
Results
Choice
Votes %
Yes 1,924,186 68.73%
No 875,619 31.27%
Valid votes 2,799,805 99.82%
Invalid or blank votes 5,142 0.18%
Total votes 2,804,947 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 3,296,800 85.08%

Results by region
Stamp in identity document of a white South African recording their participation in the 1992 apartheid referendum
External videos
video icon SABC news report about polling day, YouTube video

A referendum on ending apartheid was held in South Africa on 17 March 1992. The referendum was limited to white South African voters,[1][2] who were asked whether or not they supported the negotiated reforms begun by State President F. W. de Klerk two years earlier, in which he proposed to end the apartheid system that had been implemented since 1948. The result of the election was a large victory for the "yes" side, which ultimately resulted in apartheid being lifted. Universal suffrage was introduced two years later for the country's first non-racial elections.[3]

  1. ^ 1992: South Africa votes for change BBC News
  2. ^ Elections in South Africa African Elections Database
  3. ^ "1992: South Africa votes for change". 18 March 1992. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

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