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1945 Cambodian referendum

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Field	Value
date	3 October 1945
yes	541,470
no	0
invalid	0
electorate	674,048
flag_image	Flag of Cambodia under French protection.svg
question	Do you want to be free like Jayavarman with the Angkor Wat temples?
map	[[File:1945 Cambodian independence referendum results by province.svg	250px]]
map_caption	Results by province

Yes:

A six-issue referendum was held in Cambodia on 3 October 1945. The questions included whether the country should become independent, and whether the presence of foreign military forces should be refused. There were no "no" votes to any of the questions, although two had one or two invalid votes. Voter turnout was 80.3%.

Background

On 10 August Son Ngoc Thanh replaced Prime Minister Ung Hy from power, and held a referendum to try and legitimise his government.

Conduct

It is not clear whether the referendum was held by voters putting a ballot paper in a box. Thanh sent a list of five questions to provincial governors for them to ask voters.

Results

Choice	Votes	%
For	541,470	100
Against	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	0	–
Total	541,470	100
Registered voters/turnout	674,048	80.33
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p68 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8
The question on independence was worded:[http://www.sudd.ch/event.php?lang=en&id=kh011945 Cambodia, 3 October 1945: Independence] Democracy

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