Voters chose to reinstate the Supreme People's Assembly government by a wide margin, with 40% of the vote. Even the Revolutionary Presidium proposal, whose supporters were expected to make up a heavy portion of voters, lagged 13 points behind it. Few Yurtyzstanis voted for a Supreme Potentacy or a military junta, which received 20% and 11% respectively. However, this hardly entails a return to political status quo; there has been a dramatic shift towards liberalism recently, the Workers' Party has significantly declined in influence and membership, and most (if not all) of Yurtyzstan's old bureaucracy will likely be waylaid by informality advocates.
Yurt Kyong-yon topped the results of the Constitutional Committee vote, with 19% of the vote; joining him on the Committee will be South Yurtyzstani entrepreneur and rightist figure Po Er Kwa Deul (14%), East Yurtyzstani politician Yurt Myaung-hye (14%), reunification fighter Yurt Cheung-ho (10%), and former Workers' Party legislator Yurt Ma-shin (10%). The Committee will be quite level politically; liberals Yurt Kyong-yon and Po Er Kwa Deul will balance out socialists Yurt Myaung-hye and Yurt Cheung-ho, with the moderate Yurt Ma-shin as a tiebreaker. The Committee will convene for its first plenary session tomorrow, and work over the next three weeks to draft a Constitution.
Turnout was surprisingly strong, given that Yurtyzstani naturalisation practices often result in a mostly inactive citizenship. 20 of 28 registered voters cast ballots over the five days of the referendum. "It's very heartening to see that people actually voted," Yurt Kyong-yon stated at a celebratory post-election gathering in his abroad residence. "Although I think [the turnout] is mostly because of the momentum of reunification."
The next referendum, which will determine whether the drafted Constitution is ratified, will take place January 26-30.
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| Results of the referendum on government structure. |
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| Results of the Constitutional Committee election. |
