The plebiscite, part of a seven-step "roadmap to democracy" that is meant to culminate in multi-party elections in 2010, was delayed by two weeks until May 24 in cyclone-hit Yangon and the Irrawaddy delta, where 134,000 people are dead or missing.
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's army-drafted constitution sailed through this month's referendum, with 92.48 percent of the vote on a turnout of 98.1 percent despite the carnage wrought by Cyclone Nargis, state media said on Monday.
The plebiscite, part of a seven-step "roadmap to democracy" that is meant to culminate in multi-party elections in 2010, was delayed by two weeks until May 24 in cyclone-hit Yangon and the Irrawaddy delta, where 134,000 people are dead or missing.
(Reporting by Aung Hla Tun; Writing by Ed Cropley; Editing by Ed Davies)
