The Statute of Núria was approved by 99% of those who voted (75% of those on the electoral roll) in a referendum held on 2 August 1931. The statute defined Catalonia as a state within the Spanish republic and gave wide powers to the Generalitat. Parliamentary processes at the Spanish Cortes cut back the initial proposal. In September 1932, after the first attempted coup d'état by General Sanjurjo, the Cortes approved the statute, which now defined Catalonia as an autonomous region within the state of Spain. In November 1932, the elections for the first Parlament de Catalunya of modern times were held.