referendum

C6603
concept

A referendum is a direct vote by the electorate on a specific proposal or issue, allowing citizens to accept or reject laws, policies, or constitutional changes.

All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
referendum canonical 45
constitutional referendum 8
independence referendum 6

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: referendum
Generated description
A referendum is a direct vote by the electorate on a specific proposal or issue, allowing citizens to accept or reject laws, policies, or constitutional changes.

Instances (60)

Instance Via concept surface
Georgian independence referendum of 1991 independence referendum
2006 Montenegrin independence referendum independence referendum
Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2011 constitutional referendum
1997 Welsh devolution referendum —
2011 Welsh devolution referendum —
1997 Welsh devolution referendum
linked to: Politics of Wales
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Stronger In Europe referendum campaign
Stronger In referendum campaign
BSE referendum campaign
Saar status referendum of 1955 —
Italian institutional referendum of 1946 —
Sound Transit 2 ballot measure
Sound Transit 3 regional ballot measure
Scottish devolution referendum, 1997 —
2017 Turkish constitutional referendum constitutional referendum
1999 East Timorese independence referendum independence referendum
2014 Catalan self-determination referendum —
2017 Catalan independence referendum independence referendum
District of Columbia statehood referendum, 1980 —
French plebiscite of 1802 —
2000 Syrian presidential election —
2007 Syrian presidential election —
Greek monarchy referendum of 1946 —
Upper Silesia plebiscite —
2014 Berlin referendum on development plans —
1946 Bulgarian republic referendum —
2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum —
Colorado Amendment 2 ballot measure
California Proposition 215 voter initiative
UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961 —
Sopron plebiscite of 1921 —
Proposition 20 (2010) United States state-level referendum
Better Together referendum campaign
1999 Australian republic referendum —
District of Columbia statehood referendum, 2016 —
Allegheny County Home Rule Charter referendum of 1998 —
Sylhet referendum of 1947 —
1960 South African republic referendum —
1988 Chilean national plebiscite —
1955 Vietnamese referendum —
1974 Greek referendum —
1973 Greek republic referendum —
Schleswig plebiscites —
1924 Greek referendum on the monarchy —
1962 French referendum on the Evian Accords —
2019 Bougainville independence referendum independence referendum
2017 Puerto Rican status referendum political referendum
French referendum of 28 September 1958 —
Ukrainian independence referendum, 1991 —
2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum —