A constitutional referendum was held in
French Somaliland
French Somaliland (french: Côte française des Somalis, lit= French Coast of the Somalis so, Xeebta Soomaaliyeed ee Faransiiska) was a French colony in the Horn of Africa. It existed between 1884 and 1967, at which time it became the French Ter ...
on 5 May 1946 as part of the wider
French constitutional referendum. The proposed new constitution was rejected by 60% of voters in the territory,
[Sternberger, D, Vogel, B, Nohlen, D & Landfried, K (1969) ''Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband'', p630 ] and 53% of voters overall.
Results
References
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