[1] The proposed changes, which voters were asked to approve or reject as a whole,[2] included: Early results, with 73.18% of the vote counted, showed that turnout was around 42.43%.

The referendum appeared likely to be passed because 74.93% of the voters in Antananarivo were in favour of the amendments, even though it seemed likely that in four of the five other provinces the "no" vote might have won.

[4] According to results released on 7 April, with votes from 85.47% of polling stations counted, 75.24% were in favor of the proposed changes.

Roland Ratsiraka, who placed third in the 2006 presidential election and opposed the proposed changes, alleged fraud.

[7] The Judged By Your Work Party (AVI) chose to boycott the referendum, saying that it was deceitful for the referendum to describe a "yes" vote as being a vote for national development.