A constitutional referendum was held in Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

 on 23 February 1989. Coming after the 1988 October Riots

1988 October Riots

The 1988 October Riots were a series of street-level disturbances and riotous demonstrations by Algerian youth, in the autumn of 1988, which indirectly led to the fall of the country's single-party system and the introduction of democratic reform, but also to a spiral of instability and...

, the new constitition removed references to socialism

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 and allowed for multi-party democracy. Despite calls for a boycott by radical Islamists and opposition from trade unions and FLN

National Liberation Front (Algeria)

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 members, the amendments were approved by 73.4% of voters with a 79% turnout. Local elections were scheduled for the following year, with parliamentary elections to be held in 1991.

Results

Choice	Votes	%
For	7,290,760	73.4
Against	2,637,678	26.6
Invalid/blank votes	473,110
Total	10,401,548	100
Source: Nohlen et al.