page_title: 2015 Central African constitutional referendum
section_title: Conduct
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 Central African constitutional referendum / Conduct
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Quartier de PK5 à ‪‎Bangui‬, forte présence des soldats français et de la Minusca après des échanges de tirs avec un groupe d'hommes armés qui tentent de perturber le référendum le 13 décembre 2015. (VOA Afrique/Tatiana Mossot) English: PK5 district of Bangui, strong presence of the MINUSCA after exchanges of fire with a group of armed men that tried to disturb the referendum on 13 December 2015. (VOA Afrique/Tatiana Mossot)
context_page_description: A constitutional referendum was held in the Central African Republic on 13 and 14 December 2015. The referendum was originally scheduled to be held on 5 October 2015, prior to general elections, but was later delayed. Violence on polling day led to voting being extended for another day. The new constitution was approved by 93% of voters. General elections followed on 30 December.
context_section_description: An unidentified MINUSCA source said that voting was delayed in several districts across Bangui, although not in the PK5 district, where gunfire broke out overnight. Approximately two million citizens registered to vote. Many of the 5,600 polling stations were located in remote regions.
caption: MINUSCA soldier deployed in the PK5 district of Bangui after gunfire broke out.
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