1962 French Évian Accords referendum

1962 French Évian Accords referendum
Do you approve of the bill submitted to the French people by the President of the Republic and concerning the agreements to be established and the measures to be taken with regard to Algeria on the basis of the government declarations of March 19, 1962?
Results

A referendum to approve the Évian Accords ending the Algerian War and granting self-determination to Algeria was held in France on 8 April 1962.^[1] It was approved by 90.8% of voters with a 75.3% turnout.^[2]

On 1 July a second referendum was held in Algeria, with the question "Do you want Algeria to become an independent state cooperating with France under the conditions defined by the 19 March 1962 declarations?" put to voters. Only people living in Algeria were able to participate in the second referendum.^[3] This second referendum was approved by over 99.7% of voters.

Results edit

Choice	Metropolitan France		Total
Choice	Votes	%	Votes	%
For	17,508,607	90.7	17,866,423	90.8
Against	1,795,061	9.3	1,809,074	9.2
Invalid/blank votes	1,098,238	–	1,103,806	–
Total	20,401,906	100	20,779,303	100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References edit

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p674 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p. 685
^ Référendum d'autodétermination en Algérie, University of Perpignan (in French)

External links edit

Statement of the official results Constitutional Council (in French)

[DN-1] Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p674 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

[2] Nohlen & Stöver, p. 685

[3] Référendum d'autodétermination en Algérie, University of Perpignan (in French)

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