2021 South West Region referendum

A referendum on the creation of a South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region was held in the Keffa, Sheka, Bench Sheko, Dawro, West Omo Zones, and Konta special district of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia on 30 September 2021 in conjunction with the 2021 Ethiopian general election. The result was 98% in favor of creating a new region, with turnout of 94%.

Referendum on the creation of a South West region, 2021
30 September 2021
Results
For
 
 98.07%
Against
 
 1.93%

It was held two years after the 2019 Sidama Region referendum, making it the second referendum on the creation of a new regional state held in Ethiopia since Abiy Ahmed became prime minister in 2018.

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