A referendum on autonomy was held in French Togoland

French Togoland

French Togoland was a France Mandate territory in West Africa, which later became the Togolese Republic.-Mandate territory:...

 on 28 October 1956. Since World War I the territory had been a League of Nations mandate

League of Nations mandate

A League of Nations mandate was a legal status for certain territories transferred from the control of one country to another following World War I, or the legal instruments that contained the internationally agreed-upon terms for administering the territory on behalf of the League...

, then a United Nations Trust Territory

United Nations Trust Territories

United Nations trust territories were the successors of the remaining League of Nations mandates and came into being when the League of Nations ceased to exist in 1946. All of the trust territories were administered through the UN Trusteeship Council...

 under French

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...

 control. The referendum offered residents the choice of remaining a Trust Territory or becoming an autonomous region within the French Union

French Union

The French Union was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial system, the "French Empire" and to abolish its "indigenous" status.-History:...

. The result being 93% in favour of the latter, with a 77.3% turnout. However, the referendum was rejected by the United Nations General Assembly

United Nations General Assembly

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 as it had not included the option of independence and opted to continue with the trusteeship. In neighbouring British Togoland

British Togoland

British Togoland was a League of Nations Class B mandate in West Africa, under the mandatory power of the United Kingdom. It was effectively formed in 1916 by the splitting of the occupied German protectorate of Togoland into two territories, French Togoland and British Togoland, during the First...

, a referendum

British Togoland status referendum, 1956

A referendum on the territory's status was held in British Togoland on 9 May 1956. Since World War I the territory had been a League of Nations mandate, then a United Nations Trust Territory under British control...

 earlier in the year had resulted in the territory becoming part of Ghana

Ghana

Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

.

Results

Choice	Votes	%
Automous region in the French Union	313,458	93.35
UN Trusteeship	22,320	6.65
Invalid/blank votes	3,003
Total	338,781	100