French constitutional referendum, October 1946

A constitutional referendum 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 13 October 1946. Voters were asked whether they approved of a new constitution proposed by the Constituent Assembly elected in June

French legislative election, June 1946

Legislative elections were held in France on 2 June 1946 to elect the second post-war National Assembly designated to prepare a new Constitution...

. Unlike the May referendum

French constitutional referendum, May 1946

A constitutional referendum was held in France on 5 May 1946. Voters were asked whether they approved of a new constitution proposed by the National Assembly elected in 1945. Moderates, Radicals, and the Popular Republican Movement campaigned against the referendum. It was rejected by 52.8% of...

, which saw a previous constitutional proposal rejected, the new constitution was accepted by 53.2% of voters, and brought the French Fourth Republic

French Fourth Republic

The French Fourth Republic was the republican government of France between 1946 and 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Third Republic, which was in place before World War II, and suffered many of the same problems...

 into existence. Voter turnout was 67.6%.

Results

Choice	Metropolitan France Metropolitan France Metropolitan France is the part of France located in Europe. It can also be described as mainland France or as the French mainland and the island of Corsica...		Total
	Votes	%	Votes	%
For	9,002,287	53.6	9,297,470	53.2
Against	7,790,856	46.4	8,165,459	46.8
Invalid/blank votes	336,502	–	329,079	–
Total	17,129,645	100	17,792,008	100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver