Independence referendum

Supporters of the 1999 East Timorese independence referendum in a truck
Line of voters in the 2011 South Sudanese independence referendum
A person voting in the 2017 Catalan independence referendum
A rally supporting the 2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum

An independence referendum is a type of referendum in which the residents of a territory decide whether the territory should become an independent sovereign state. An independence referendum that results in a vote for independence does not always ultimately result in independence.

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