2019 Sidama Region referendum

Referendum on the creation of a Sidama region, 2019
20 November 2019 (2019-11-20)
Results
Choice
 Votes %
Yes 2,225,249 98.52%
No 33,463 1.48%
Valid votes 2,258,712 99.19%
Invalid or blank votes 18,351 0.81%
Total votes 2,277,063 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 2,280,147 99.86%

A referendum on creating a Sidama Region was held on regionalisation in the Sidama Zone of Ethiopia on 20 November 2019. The creation of such a region is a long-standing claim of the Sidama people.

The referendum's management and its likely centrifugal consequences on Ethiopia's system of ethnic federalism were seen as a crucial test for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's policy of democratic openness ahead of the 2020 general election.

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