A constitutional referendum was held in
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
(which included
Upper Volta
Upper Volta (now named Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to ...
at the time) on 5 May 1946 as part of the wider
French constitutional referendum. The proposed new constitution was rejected by 59% of voters in the territory,
[Sternberger, D, Vogel, B, Nohlen, D & Landfried, K (1969) ''Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband'', p675 ] and 53% of voters overall.
Results
References
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1946 referendums
May 1946 events in Africa
1946
Events January
* January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
* January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
1946 in French Upper Volta
1946
Events January
* January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
* January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
1946 in Ivory Coast
Constitutional referendums in France