2017 Catalan independence referendum

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The 2017 Catalan independence referendum was a disputed vote organized by Catalonia’s regional government to decide on secession from Spain, marked by a constitutional crisis, police intervention, and intense political conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional crisis ⓘ
independence referendum ⓘ
political event ⓘ
ballotSeizures conducted by Spanish police ⓘ
basisOfIllegality violation of the 1978 Spanish Constitution ⓘ
boycottedBy Citizens (Ciudadanos) ⓘ
People's Party (PP) ⓘ
Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) ⓘ
anti-independence parties ⓘ
campaignSlogan Votarem (We will vote) ⓘ
condemnedBy European Commission (for violence, not for legality) ⓘ
linked to: European Commission
controversy questions about fairness and reliability of turnout figures ⓘ
use of force by Spanish police at polling stations ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
date 2017-10-01 ⓘ
declaredUnconstitutionalBy Constitutional Court of Spain ⓘ
followedBy 2017 Catalan regional election ⓘ
application of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution ⓘ
dissolution of the Parliament of Catalonia ⓘ
suspension of Catalan autonomy ⓘ
internetRestrictions blocking of referendum-related websites ⓘ
lawSuspendedBy Constitutional Court of Spain ⓘ
legalBasisClaimedByOrganisers Catalan Law on the Referendum on Self-determination ⓘ
legalStatus declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain ⓘ
location Catalonia ⓘ
mainQuestion Should Catalonia become an independent state in the form of a republic? ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive international coverage ⓘ
numberOfInjuredAccordingToCatalanGovernment over 800 ⓘ
numberOfInjuredAccordingToSpanishGovernment around 400 ⓘ
opposedBy Government of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Spanish government

Mariano Rajoy ⓘ
organisedBy Carles Puigdemont ⓘ
Government of Catalonia ⓘ
partOf Catalan independence movement ⓘ
policeInterventionBy Civil Guard (Spain) ⓘ
linked to: Guardia Civil

Spanish National Police ⓘ
linked to: Policía Nacional
precededBy 2014 Catalan self-determination vote ⓘ
recognizedBy no EU member state as binding ⓘ
resultedIn unilateral declaration of independence by Catalan Parliament ⓘ
supportedBy Candidatura d'Unitat Popular (CUP) ⓘ
Together for Yes (Junts pel Sí) ⓘ
linked to: Junts per Catalunya

pro-independence parties in Catalonia ⓘ
totalVotesCast about 2.3 million ⓘ
triggered 2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis ⓘ
turnout about 43% ⓘ
typeOfVoting unofficial from the perspective of the Spanish state ⓘ
votesAgainstIndependence about 7.8% ⓘ
votesForIndependence about 90% ⓘ
year 2017 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catalan independence movement → hasKeyEvent → 2017 Catalan independence referendum ⓘ
Candidatura d'Unitat Popular → participatedIn → 2017 Catalan regional election ⓘ
linked to: 2017 Catalan independence referendum
2012 Catalan independence demonstration → relatedEvent → 2017 Catalan independence referendum ⓘ
2014 Catalan self-determination referendum → followedBy → 2017 Catalan independence referendum ⓘ
2017 Catalan independence referendum → triggered → 2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis ⓘ
linked to: 2017 Catalan independence referendum
2017 Catalan independence referendum → legalBasisClaimedByOrganisers → Catalan Law on the Referendum on Self-determination ⓘ
linked to: 2017 Catalan independence referendum
Oriol Junqueras → participantIn → 2017 Catalan independence referendum ⓘ
Oriol Junqueras → participantIn → Catalan constitutional crisis (2017–2018) ⓘ
linked to: 2017 Catalan independence referendum
9N consultation → followedBy → 2017 Catalan independence referendum ⓘ
Jordi Cuixart → notableEvent → 2017 Catalan independence referendum ⓘ
Jordi Cuixart → notableEvent → 2017 Spanish constitutional crisis ⓘ
linked to: 2017 Catalan independence referendum
JxCat → supported → 2017 Catalan independence referendum ⓘ
2017 Catalan regional election → heldDuring → 2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis ⓘ
linked to: 2017 Catalan independence referendum
Jordi Turull → participantIn → 2017 Catalan independence referendum ⓘ