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1962 French Évian Accords referendum

Field	Value
title	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 19 March 1962?
country	France
date	8 April 1962
yes	17,866,423
no	1,809,074
invalid	1,103,806
electorate	27,582,072

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. It was approved by 90.8% of voters with a 75.3% turnout.

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. This second referendum was approved by over 99.7% of voters.

Results

Choice	Metropolitan France	Total	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

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p674 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p. 685
[http://mjp.univ-perp.fr/france/reft1962algerie.htm Référendum d'autodétermination en Algérie], [[University of Perpignan]] {{in lang. fr

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