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An independence referendum was held in
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on 13 September 1987.New Caledonia (France), 13 September 1987: Status
Direct Democracy Voters were given the choice of remaining part of France or becoming independent. The referendum was boycotted by independence movements. Only 1.7% voted in favour of independence.


Background

By a vote of 325 to 249, the French Parliament passed a law on 15 April 1984 on holding an independence referendum in New Caledonia. Independence movements including the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front boycotted the referendum in protest at the franchise requirements, which made the indigenous population a minority.Alexandra Remond (2017
Questioned sovereignties: Independence referendums and secession in a comparative perspective
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François Mitterrand François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was President of France, serving under that position from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office in the history of France. As First Secretary of the Socialist Party, he ...
had promised short-term residents of the territory would not be able to vote, they were enfranchised for the referendum. As a result of claimed failures to respect the rights of the indigenous population, the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization did not send observers.Voter boycott expected in New Caledonia elections
UPI, 12 September 1982


Results


See also

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2018 New Caledonian independence referendum An independence referendum was held in New Caledonia on 4 November 2018. Voters were given the choice of remaining part of France or becoming an independent country. Announced in the evening of polling day, the result was 56.4% for maintaining t ...
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2020 New Caledonian independence referendum An independence referendum was held in New Caledonia on 4 October 2020. The poll was the second to be held under the terms of the Nouméa Accord, following a similar referendum in 2018. Independence was rejected, with 53.26 percent of voters ...
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2021 New Caledonian independence referendum , location = New Caledonia , previous_year = 2020 , date = 12 December 2021 , yes =2747 , no =75720 , total =80881 , electorate =184364 , map = , mapdivision = commune , invalid=2418 ...
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References

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