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.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p68 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. The question on independence was worded:Cambodia, 3 October 1945: Independence Democracy
Results ChoiceVotes%For541,470100Against00Invalid/blank votes0–Total541,470100Registered voters/turnout674,04880.33Source: Nohlen et al.
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