A constitutional referendum was held in Rwanda on 17 December 1978. It followed the 1973 coup d'état by

Juvénal Habyarimana Juvénal Habyarimana (, ; 8 March 19376 April 1994) was a Rwandan politician and military officer who served as the second president of Rwanda, from 1973 until 1994. He was nicknamed ''Kinani'', a Kinyarwanda word meaning "invincible". An ethn ...

and the dissolution of the former sole legal party, MDR-Parmehutu. The new constitution created a presidential republic with no term limits for the

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, and made the

National Revolutionary Movement for Development The National Revolutionary Movement for Development (french: Mouvement révolutionaire national pour le développement, MRND) was the ruling political party of Rwanda from 1975 to 1994 under President Juvénal Habyarimana. From 1978 to 1991, the ...

the sole legal party. The new constitution replaced the

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, which had been disbanded in 1973, with a new legislative body, the National Development Council. The constitution was approved by 89% of voters.Elections in Rwanda
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