2003 Colombian constitutional referendum

2003 Colombian constitutional referendum

25 October 2003 (2003-10-25)
1. Incapacity in public office
For
93.33%
Against
4.68%
Invalid
1.99%
2. Restricted voting to the electoral roll
For
94.35%
Against
3.73%
Invalid
1.92%
3. Abolishing replacement members
For
93.27%
Against
4.72%
Invalid
2.01%
4. Congressional input to public broadcasters
For
86.52%
Against
11.44%
Invalid
2.03%
5. MPs working for parliamentary services
For
93.60%
Against
4.67%
Invalid
1.72%
6. Reduction in size of Congress and councils
For
93.00%
Against
5.16%
Invalid
1.83%
7. Removing public officials from office
For
94.71%
Against
3.65%
Invalid
1.65%
8. Pensions for public sector workers
For
90.06%
Against
7.93%
Invalid
2.01%
9. Abolition of regional and local audit offices
For
90.57%
Against
7.51%
Invalid
1.92%
10. No public money for election campaigns
For
94.73%
Against
4.64%
Invalid
1.79%
11. Money from abolished audit offices used on health and education
For
93.87%
Against
4.47%
Invalid
1.66%
12. Redistribution of education and health funds
For
90.16%
Against
4.62%
Invalid
1.99%
13. Freeze government spending for two years
For
80.28%
Against
17.40%
Invalid
2.32%
14. Parties with less than 2% of the vote lose legal status
For
91.06%
Against
7.02%
Invalid
1.92%
15. Immediate implementation of the reforms
For
93.71%
Against
4.62%
Invalid
1.66%

A fifteen-part constitutional referendum was held in Colombia on 25 October 2003. Whilst all fifteen proposals were approved by voters, only one question had a sufficient numbers of votes to pass the 25% quorum requirement.