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A constitutional referendum was held in French Dahomey and French Togoland on 5 May 1946 as part of the wider French constitutional referendum. The new proposed new constitution was rejected by 55% of voters, with a turnout of 57%.

Results


Choice		Votes	%
For		373	44.62
Against		463	55.38
Total		836	100.00

Valid votes		836	98.12
Invalid/blank votes		16	1.88
Total votes		852	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,502	56.72
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p528 (in German)

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