French Matignon Accords referendum, 1988
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A referendum on the Matignon Accords
was held in France
on 6 November 1988. The accords were approved by 80% of voters, although turnout was just 36.9%.
Matignon Agreements (1988)
Matignon Agreements refers to agreements signed in the Hotel Matignon by Jean-Marie Tjibaou and Jacques Lafleur on June 26, 1988, between loyalists, who wanted to keep New Caledonia as a part of the French Fifth Republic, and separatists, who did not...
was held in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
on 6 November 1988. The accords were approved by 80% of voters, although turnout was just 36.9%.
Results
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Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| For | 9,714,689 | 80.0 | 9,896,498 | 80.0 | |
| Against | 2,428,089 | 20.0 | 2,474,548 | 20.0 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,638,803 | – | 1,657,659 | – | |
| Total | 13,781,581 | 100 | 14,028,705 | 100 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 36,897,052 | 37.4 | 38,025,823 | 36.9 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Constitutional Council | |||||