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{{Short description|Document approved in 2001 via referendum}}
{{infobox referendum
|date={{start date|2001|02|25|df=y}}
|country=Bahrain
|flag_year=1972
|title=
|yes=191,790
|no=3,098
|invalid=1,374
|electorate=217,579
|outcome=Nn
}}{{Politics of Bahrain}}

The '''National Action Charter of Bahrain''' ({{langx|ar|ميثاق العمل الوطني في البحرين}}) is a document put forward by King [[Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah]] of [[Bahrain]] in 2001 in order to end the popular [[1990s Uprising]] and return the country to constitutional rule. It was approved in a national referendum in 2001, in which 98.4% of the voters voted in favor of the document.

==Referendum==
The referendum took place on 14 and 15 February. Voter turnout was 90.2%, with 98.41% voting in favour.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sWAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT25 Bahrain: Referendum on Government Structure] Elections Today, Spring 2001, p26</ref><ref name="UNDP-POGAR">{{cite web| title =Country Theme: Elections: Bahrain| publisher =[[United Nations Development Program|UNDP]]-Programme on Governance in the Arab Region| year =2011| url =http://www.pogar.org/countries/theme.aspx?t=3&cid=2| accessdate =2011-02-09| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20110510021433/http://www.pogar.org/countries/theme.aspx?t=3&cid=2| archivedate =2011-05-10| url-status =dead}}</ref> With a total population of 620,500, around 35% voted in the referendum.<ref>Nohlen ''et al''., 2001, p.54</ref>

===Results===
{{Referendum results
|for=191790
|against=3098
|invalid=1374
|electorate=217579
}}

==References==
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{{Wikisource|National Action Charter of Bahrain}}

{{Bahraini elections}}

[[Category:Referendums in Bahrain]]
[[Category:2001 referendums|Bahrain]]
[[Category:Law of Bahrain]]
[[Category:Political charters|Bahrain]]
[[Category:2001 in Bahrain|National Action]]
[[Category:2001 documents]]


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