Iraqi presidential referendum, 2002

Iraqi presidential election, 2002

October 16, 2002 (2002-10-16)



Nominee	Saddam Hussein
Party	Ba'ath Party
Popular vote	11,445,638
Percentage	100%

President before election

Saddam Hussein
Ba'ath Party

Elected President

Saddam Hussein
Ba'ath Party

Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Iraq on October 16, 2002, the second under the rule of Saddam Hussein (the first having taken place in 1995). According to official statistics, the turnout was 100%, with all 11,445,638 Iraqis registered to vote having voted "yes" in a referendum whether to support another seven year-term for President Saddam Hussein, which would legally have ended in 2009.

Results

Choice	Votes	%
For	11,445,638	100
Against	0	0.0
Invalid/blank votes		-
Total	11,445,638	100

Sources

BBC.co.uk: Saddam 'wins 100% of vote', 16 october 2002

Elections and referendums in Iraq

Parliamentary elections	1924 1925 1928 1930 1933 1934 1935 1937 (Feb) 1937 (Dec) 1939 1943 1947 1948 1953 1954 (Jun) 1954 (Sep) 1958 1980 1984 1989 1996 2000 2005 (Jan) 2005 (Dec) 2010 2014

Presidential elections	1995 2002

Governorate elections	2005 2009 2013 2014

Referendums	1921 2005

See also: Elections and referendums in Iraqi Kurdistan

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/31/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.