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 5 May 1946. Voters were asked whether they approved of a new constitution proposed by the National Assembly elected in 1945

French legislative election, 1945

A legislative election was held in France on 21 October 1945 to elect a constituent assembly to draft a constitution for a Fourth French Republic. 79.83% of voters participated. Women and soldiers were allowed to vote...

. Moderates, Radicals, and the Popular Republican Movement

Popular Republican Movement

The Popular Republican Movement was a French Christian democratic party of the Fourth Republic...

 (MRP) campaigned against the referendum. It was rejected by 52.8% of voters, with a turnout of 79.6%. Subsequently, a revised proposal was approved in a further referendum in October

French constitutional referendum, October 1946

A constitutional referendum was held in France on 13 October 1946. Voters were asked whether they approved of a new constitution proposed by the Constituent Assembly elected in June. Unlike the May referendum, which saw a previous constitutional proposal rejected, the new constitution was accepted...

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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	9,109,771	47.0	9,454,034	47.2
Against	10,272,586	53.0	10,584,359	52.8
Invalid/blank votes	513,054	–	528,985	–
Total	19,895,411	100	20,567,378	100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver