1962 French presidential election referendum information
1962 French presidential election referendum
28 October 1962
Do you approve of the bill submitted to the French people by the President of the Republic and relating to the election of the President of the Republic by universal suffrage?
Results
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
13,150,516
62.25%
No
7,974,538
37.75%
Valid votes
21,125,054
97.37%
Invalid or blank votes
569,509
2.63%
Total votes
21,694,563
100.00%
Registered voters/turnout
28,185,478
76.97%
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President Charles de Gaulle in 1961
A referendum on the method of the election of the president was held in France on 28 October 1962.[1] The question was whether to have the President of the French Republic elected by direct popular vote, rather than by an electoral college. It was approved by 62.3% of voters with a 77.0% turnout.[2] The reform was controversial because it strengthened the executive at the expense of Parliament, and because of the disputed constitutionality of the procedure used.
^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p674 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^Nohlen & Stöver, p685
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