French constitutional referendum, 1958
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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
The Fifth Republic is the fifth and current republican constitution of France, introduced on 4 October 1958. The Fifth Republic emerged from the collapse of the French Fourth Republic, replacing the prior parliamentary government with a semi-presidential system...

 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
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 and 79.8% overall.

Results

Choice Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France
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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
French Togoland was a France Mandate territory in West Africa, which later became the Togolese Republic.-Mandate territory:...

, French Cameroon, French New Hebrides
New Hebrides
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 and Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna
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) 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
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