Macedonian independence referendum, 1991

The Macedonian Independence Referendum was held on September 8, 1991 and led to independence of Macedonia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...

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The question on the referendum was:

1. Are you for sovereign and independent state of Macedonia, with the right to enter in a future union of sovereign states of Yugoslavia?

FOR ---- AGAINST

Results

For: 1,079,308 (95.26%)
Against: 39,639 (3.50%)
Invalid: 13,648 (1.20%)
Total turnout: 1,132,981 (75.74%)
Eligible voters: 1,495,807

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