A constitutional referendum was held in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 on 28 September 1958. Voters were asked whether they approved of the adoption of a constitution

Constitution of France

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 for the French Fifth Republic

French Fifth Republic

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 written by Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

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. It was overwhelmingly approved, with 82.6% in favour. Voter turnout was 84.9% in Metropolitan France

Metropolitan France

Metropolitan France is the part of France located in Europe. It can also be described as mainland France or as the French mainland and the island of Corsica...

 and 79.8% overall.

Results

Choice	Metropolitan France Metropolitan France Metropolitan France is the part of France located in Europe. It can also be described as mainland France or as the French mainland and the island of Corsica...		Total
	Votes	%	Votes	%
For	17,668,790	79.3	31,123,483	82.6
Against	4,624,511	20.7	6,556,073	17.4
Invalid/blank votes	303,549	–	418,297	–
Total	22,596,850	100	38,097,483	100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

The total includes Overseas departments, Algeria, Sahara, Overseas territories (except Guinea

Guinea

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, French Togoland

French Togoland

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, French Cameroon, French New Hebrides

New Hebrides

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 and Wallis and Futuna

Wallis and Futuna

Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands , is a Polynesian French island territory in the South Pacific between Tuvalu to the northwest, Rotuma of Fiji to the west, the main part of Fiji to the southwest, Tonga to the southeast,...

) and French citizens living abroad.

By territory

Territory	For		Against		Total
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Algeria	3,357,763	96.60	118,631	3.40	3,476,394	100
Sahara	252,113	98.60	3,289	1.40	235,402	100