May 1946 French constitutional referendum in Mauritania−Senegal

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A constitutional referendum was held in Mauritania and Senegal on 5 May 1946 as part of the wider French constitutional referendum. The proposed new constitution was approved by 92% of voters in the two territories, but was rejected by 53% of the overall vote. Voter turnout was 69%.^[1]

Results


Choice	Votes	%
For	28,975	91.57
Against	2,666	8.43
Total	31,641	100.00

Valid votes	31,641	99.09
Invalid/blank votes	289	0.91
Total votes	31,930	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	46,075	69.30
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1856 (in German)

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