2017 Catalan independence referendum

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constitutional crisis independence referendum political event

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
2017 Catalan independence referendum canonical	3
2017 Catalan regional election	1
2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis	1
Catalan Law on the Referendum on Self-determination	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional crisis ⓘ independence referendum ⓘ political event ⓘ
ballotSeizures	conducted by Spanish police ⓘ
basisOfIllegality	violation of the 1978 Spanish Constitution ⓘ
boycottedBy	Citizens (Spanish political party) ⓘ surface form: Citizens (Ciudadanos) People's Party (Spain) ⓘ surface form: People's Party (PP) Spanish Socialist Workers Party ⓘ surface form: Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) anti-independence parties ⓘ
campaignSlogan	Votarem (We will vote) ⓘ
condemnedBy	European Commission ⓘ surface form: European Commission (for violence, not for legality)
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	2017 Catalan independence referendum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	Spanish government ⓘ surface form: Government of Spain Mariano Rajoy ⓘ
organisedBy	Carles Puigdemont ⓘ Government of Catalonia ⓘ
partOf	Catalan independence movement ⓘ
policeInterventionBy	Guardia Civil ⓘ surface form: Civil Guard (Spain) Policía Nacional ⓘ surface form: Spanish National Police
precededBy	2014 Catalan self-determination referendum (non-binding consultation) ⓘ surface form: 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) ⓘ Junts per Catalunya ⓘ surface form: Together for Yes (Junts pel Sí) pro-independence parties in Catalonia ⓘ
totalVotesCast	about 2.3 million ⓘ
triggered	2017 Catalan independence referendum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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 independence referendum ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2017 Catalan regional election

2012 Catalan independence demonstration → relatedEvent → 2017 Catalan independence referendum ⓘ

2014 Catalan self-determination referendum (non-binding consultation) → followedBy → 2017 Catalan independence referendum ⓘ

subject surface form: 2014 Catalan self-determination referendum

2017 Catalan independence referendum → triggered → 2017 Catalan independence referendum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis

2017 Catalan independence referendum → legalBasisClaimedByOrganisers → 2017 Catalan independence referendum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catalan Law on the Referendum on Self-determination