1991 Kosovan independence referendum

{{infobox referendum

|name=1991 Kosovan independence referendum

|location=Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo

|flag_image=File:Flag of Kosova (1991–1999).svg

|date=26–30 September 1991

|yes=913705

|no=164

|invalid=933

|electorate=1051357

}}{{Politics of Kosovo}}

An independence referendum was held in Kosovo, then known as the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo between 26 and 30 September 1991. The Provincial Assembly, which had been dissolved in 1989 by Serbian authorities but whose Albanian members continued to meet underground, declared the Republic of Kosova a sovereign and independent state on 22 September 1991.{{cite journal|first=Jure|last= Vidmar|url=https://www.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/Vidmar-cr_final_final1.pdf|title=International Legal Responses to Kosovo's Declaration of Independence|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304231757/https://www.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/Vidmar-cr_final_final1.pdf |archive-date=2018-03-04|journal=Vanderbilt Journal of Transitional Law|volume=42|page=789}} Over 99% of voters voted in favour of independence, with a turnout of 87%.{{cite web|url=http://www.sudd.ch/event.php?lang=en&id=ks011991|title= Kosovo (Yugoslavia), 30 September 1991: Independence|date= 30 September 1991|publisher=Direct Democracy|lang=de}} The referendum was boycotted by Serbs living in the region, who comprised around 10% of the population.