1967 French Somaliland independence referendum information
1967 French Somaliland independence referendum
19 March 1967 (1967-03-19)
Do you want the territory to become part of the French Republic under a new local government, the details of which have been brought to your attention?
Outcome
Remain and transformed into the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas
Results
Choice
Votes
%
Remain ("Yes")
22,555
60.60%
Independence ("No")
14,666
39.40%
Valid votes
37,221
99.70%
Invalid or blank votes
111
0.30%
Total votes
37,332
100.00%
Registered voters/turnout
39,312
94.96%
Results by district
An independence referendum was held in French Somaliland on 19 March 1967. It was ordered by then President of France, General Charles de Gaulle, in response to rioting and demonstrations upon an official visit he made to the territory the year before.[1][2] Voters rejected independence from France by a 22-point margin.
It was the second of three independence referendums. In the first referendum, the 1958 French Somaliland constitutional referendum, voters rejected independence by a 50-point margin. In the third referendum, the 1977 Afars and Issas independence referendum, voters near-unanimously backed independence.
^A Political Chronology of Africa, (Taylor & Francis), p.132.
^Newsweek, Volume 81, (Newsweek: 1973), p.254.
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