1956 British Togoland status plebiscite

January 2022 9 May 1956 UK Integration with Ghana UN Trust Territory 93,095 67,492 0 194,230 File:1956 British Togoland status plebiscite results by local council.svg 130px local council Source: United Nations A plebiscite was held in British Togoland on 9 May 1956 to decide the status of the territory.Nohlen Dieter https://books.google.com/books?id=enoSDAAAQBAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=enoSDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA432 Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook Thibaut Bernard Krennerich Michael Krennerich Michael Oxford University Press New York City 1999 978-0-19-829645-4 423 en Ghana 10.1093/0198296452.003.0023 Since World War I, the territory had been a League of Nations mandate under British control, and became a United Nations Trust Territory after World War II. The referendum offered residents the choice of remaining a Trust Territory until neighbouring French Togoland had decided upon its future, or becoming part of soon-to-be Ghana. The Ewe-based Togoland Congress campaigned against and preferred amalgamation with French Togoland. The eventual result was reported to be 58% in favour of integration, although 55% of voters in the southern part of the territory had voted to separate from the Gold Coast and continue its status as a UN Trusteeship.http://ghana.gov.gh/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144:the-historical-context Government of Ghana Ghana National Reconciliation Commission: The Historical Context: Chapter Three :3.1.2.4 Tsagli Philip 2011-07-21 ghana.gov.gh dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110721031129/http://ghana.gov.gh/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144:the-historical-context 2011-07-21 2020-02-20 This complicated situation led the General Assembly of the United Nations to decide in December 1955, that the peoples of the Trust Territory should be given a chance in a plebiscite, to determine if they wished to be integrated with the Gold Coast upon its attainment of independence, or if they wished to remain separate until a decision was taken in respect of the French-administered part. The plebiscite was held on 9th May 1956 for the peoples of the territories to decide whether to integrate with the Gold Coast or to remain separate. An overall majority of 58% voted for integration. However, in the south where the Togoland Congress had campaigned vigorously, there was a 55% majority in favour of separation. Consequently the decision to integrate the TVT with the Gold Coast at its independence was a minority decision as far as those in the south of the Trust Territories were concerned.1956-09-05 Report of the United Nations Plebiscite Commissioner for the Trust Territory of Togoland under British Administration:The Togoland Unification Problem And The Future Of The Trust Territory Of Togoland Under British Administration https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/843223/files/A_3173-EN.pdf United Nations Digital Library System Eduardo Espinosa y Prieto en 183–184 Results ChoiceVotes%Integration with Ghana93,09558.0UN Trusteeship67,49242.0Invalid/blank votes –Total160,587100Registered voters/turnout194,23082.7Source: United Nations See also Western Togoland References British Togoland Category:1956 in the Gold Coast (British colony) Category:Referendums in Ghana 1956 election Category:Sovereignty referendums Category:1956 elections in the British Empire