1958 French constitutional referendum

none gov Do you approve of the Constitution offered by the Government of the Republic? French Fourth Republic 28 September 1958 31123483 6556073 38097853 47249142 French constitutional referendum, 1958 results.png territory Yes: #8DD38D 60–65% #55FF55 65–70% #00FF00 70–75% #00D400 75–80% #00AA00 80–85% #008000 85–90% #005500 90–95% #002B00 95–100%No: #2B0000 95–100% A constitutional referendum was held in France on 28 September 1958.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p674 978-3-8329-5609-7 Voters were asked whether they approved of the adoption of a constitution for the French Fifth Republic written by Charles de Gaulle. It was overwhelmingly approved, with 82.6% in favour.Nohlen & Stöver, p685 Voter turnout was 84.9% in metropolitan France and 79.8% overall. Results ChoiceMetropolitan FranceTotalVotes%Votes%For17,668,79079.331,123,48382.6Against4,624,51120.76,556,07317.4Invalid/blank votes303,549–418,297–Total22,596,85010038,097,853100Source: Nohlen & Stöver The total includes Overseas departments, Algeria, Sahara, Overseas territories (except Guinea, French Togoland, French Cameroon, French New Hebrides and Wallis and Futuna) and French citizens living abroad. By territory TerritoryVotesfor%Votesagainst%Invalid/blank votesTotalvotesRegisteredvotersTurnoutAlgeria3,357,76396.59118,6313.4138,8163,515,2104,412,17179.67Chad804,35598.2914,0321.714,628823,0151,243,45066.19Comoros63,89997.331,7562.6726565,92071,09992.72Côte d'Ivoire1,595,23899.992160.011,1561,596,6101,636,53397.56Dahomey418,96397.849,2462.163,198431,407775,17055.65French Polynesia16,19664.408,95235.609925,24730,95081.57French Somaliland8,66275.242,85124.767011,58315,91472.78French Sudan945,58697.5423,8752.462,736972,1972,142,26645.38Gabon190,33492.5815,2447.423,022208,600265,16178.67Guinea56,9814.781,136,32495.2210,5701,203,8751,408,50085.47Madagascar1,363,05977.64392,55722.3611,8591,677,4752,154,93982.02Mauritania302,01894.0419,1265.961,307322,451382,87084.22Moyen-Congo339,43699.382,1330.62781342,350433,40378.99New Caledonia26,08598.125001.8844327,02835,16376.86Niger372,38378.43102,39521.5719,175493,9531,320,17437.42Sahara232,11398.603,2891.40910236,312282,09983.77Saint Pierre and Miquelon2,32598.06461.942272,5982,80292.72Senegal870,36297.5521,9012.451,106893,3691,106,82880.71Ubangi-Shari487,03398.776,0891.233,553496,675625,66379.38Upper Volta1,415,65199.1811,6870.823,8291,431,1671,914,90874.74Source: Official Journal, Direct Democracy See also 1958 Cameroonian constitutional referendum 1958 Chadian constitutional referendum 1958 Comorian constitutional referendum 1958 Dahomeyan constitutional referendum 1958 French Polynesian constitutional referendum 1958 French Somaliland constitutional referendum 1958 French Sudan constitutional referendum 1958 Gabonese constitutional referendum 1958 Guinean constitutional referendum 1958 Ivorian constitutional referendum 1958 Malagasy constitutional referendum 1958 Mauritanian constitutional referendum 1958 Moyen-Congo constitutional referendum 1958 New Caledonian constitutional referendum 1958 Nigerien constitutional referendum 1958 Saint Pierre and Miquelon constitutional referendum 1958 Senegalese constitutional referendum 1958 Ubangi-Shari constitutional referendum 1958 Upper Voltan constitutional referendum 1958 French constitutional referendum in French Togoland References External links 5 October 1958 Proclamation des résultats des votes émis par le peuple français à l'occasion de sa consultation par voie de référendum, le 28 septembre 1958 Proclamation of the results of the votes cast by the French people on the occasion of its consultation by way of referendum, September 28, 1958 https://books.google.com/books?id=UxAkAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA9177 Journal Officiel 234 9177–9179 11 October 2022 Category:Impacts of the Algerian War Constitutional referendum Category:Constitutional amendments in France Category:Constitutional referendums in France Category:Referendums in France French constitutional referendum