A constitutional referendum was held in
Djibouti
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on 4 September 1992. The new constitution would restore multi-party democracy for the first time since independence.
A second question asked voters whether the number of political parties should be limited to four. Both were approved by over 97.9% of voters with a 75.2% turnout.
[Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p323 ] The first multi-party elections were held in December that year.
Results
New constitution
Limit of four political parties
References
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1992 referendums
1992
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1992 in Djibouti
Constitutional referendums
September 1992 in Africa