A constitutional referendum was held in
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
on 28 September 1958.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p674 Voters were asked whether they approved of the adoption of a
constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed.
When these pri ...
for the
French Fifth Republic written by
Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free France, Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Re ...
. It was overwhelmingly approved, with 82.6% in favour.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p685] Voter turnout was 84.9% in
metropolitan France and 79.8% overall.
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]
Results
The total includes Overseas department
The overseas departments and regions of France (, ; DROM) are the five departments and regions of the French Republic which are located outside European France (also known as " metropolitan France"). These overseas entities have exactly the s ...
s, Algeria, Sahara, Overseas territories (except Guinea
Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...
, French Togoland, French Cameroon, French New Hebrides and Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (), is a French island territorial collectivity, collectivity in the Oceania, South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji to the southwest, Tonga t ...
) and French citizens living abroad.[
]
By territory
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
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{{Charles de Gaulle
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