Muslim abstention voided the referendum’s Algerian mandate while Europeans voted no.

Evidence

On 1 July Algeria held its own referendum on the Evian Agreements; 5,993,754 voted oui against 16,478 nons; ten per cent, representing chiefly the pieds noirs, abstained. Two days later President de Gaulle recognised Algerian independence. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1615 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Originally only the pied noir population enjoyed the right to vote for these representatives. Then came the creation of the double electoral college system; the first college consisting of all “French citizens”, plus a modest proportion of select Muslims, the number of which was augmented over regular intervals — though at a painfully slow rate; the second embracing the whole Muslim population. Each college (in 1946) could elect eight senators and fifteen deputies to the National Assembly. In effect this meant that one million Europeans had voting rights equal to those of over eight million Muslims. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 91 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Algerians voted overwhelmingly for independence while European settlers abstained — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1615; France’s 1947 statute for Algeria collapsed into compromise and left Muslim deputies abstaining; One million European settlers held voting power equal to eight million Muslims in Algeria — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 91

Related

• Algerians voted overwhelmingly for independence while European settlers abstained (similarity 0.93)
• One million European settlers held voting power equal to eight million Muslims in Algeria (similarity 0.89)
• Algerians ratified independence almost unanimously (similarity 0.89)
• Algerians voted heavily for de Gaulle despite FLN abstention orders (similarity 0.88)
• Algeria’s separate electoral colleges made 60,000 Muslims equal to 500,000 French (similarity 0.87)
• Algeria’s independence had become irreversible by 1959 (similarity 0.86)
• France’s 1947 statute for Algeria collapsed into compromise and left Muslim deputies abstaining (similarity 0.86)
• Algerians fighting for France outnumbered those fighting for independence (similarity 0.82)
• The 1947 statute passed but Muslim deputies abstained (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle won an 80 percent Yes vote in the September 1958 referendum (similarity 0.80)
• Electoral fraud destroyed Muslim trust in French promises of free elections. (similarity 0.80)
• French voters ratified Evian out of war-weariness, not conviction (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Algerians voted overwhelmingly for independence while European settlers abstained #contradicts (0.75) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1615
• France’s 1947 statute for Algeria collapsed into compromise and left Muslim deputies abstaining #expands (0.55)
• One million European settlers held voting power equal to eight million Muslims in Algeria #expands (0.45) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 91