| New Caledonia Independence Referendum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Do you want New Caledonia to achieve full sovereignty and become independent? fr. Voulez-vous que la Nouvelle-Calédonie accède à la pleine souveraineté et devienne indépendante?
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| Referendum 2018 (Fr.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The referendum on the independence of New Caledonia is a referendum which, according to the agreements between the government of France and the autonomous government of New Caledonia , was held on November 4, 2018 [1] [2] .
Voters decided whether New Caledonia would remain part of France or become an independent state. The turnout was 80% of almost 175 thousand registered voters who could vote in a referendum. About 17% of the island’s total voters were not eligible to vote in accordance with the 1998 Noumea Agreement. Mostly they were born in the metropolis and arrived in New Caledonia after 1994.
The French government has stated that it will recognize any referendum decision.
Most voters rejected the proposal for the independence of New Caledonia. [3] Despite the negative decision of the referendum, voters, according to the 1998 Agreement, have the opportunity to vote again for independence in 2020 and 2022, provided that at least a third of the local legislative assembly of the New Caledonia Congress makes such a decision [4] .
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Background
According to the referendum on the independence of New Caledonia was to be held at the end of 2018 [5] .
Surveys
| A source | Poll Date | number of respondents | Behind | Vs | Did not decide | Break |
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| Harris interactive | September 12-22, 2018 | 1,038 | 34 | 66 | - | 32 |
| Quidnovi | August 1-15, 2018 | 731 | 20 | 69 | eleven | 49 |
| I-scope | July 30 - August 8, 2018 | 628 | 28 | 63 | 9 | 35 |
| Quidnovi | June 4-15, 2018 | 739 | 15 | 65 | 21 | 50 |
| Quidnovi | April 16—26, 2018 | 903 | 15 | 58 | 15 | 43 |
| I-scope | April 16—25, 2018 | 682 | 22.5 | 59.7 | 17.8 | 37,2 |
| I-scope | March 23 - April 4, 2017 | 514 | 24.4 | 54,2 | 21,4 | 29.8 |
Notes
- ↑ New Caledonia, French Leaders Look To Finalize Plans For 2018 Referendum . Pacific Islands Report (November 7, 2016). Date of treatment April 8, 2017.
- ↑ Willsher, Kim New Caledonia sets date for independence referendum . The Guardian (March 19, 2018). Date of treatment March 20, 2018.
- ↑ New Caledonia: French Pacific territory rejects independence . BBC Date of treatment November 4, 2018.
- ↑ Lyons, Kate New Caledonia Referendum: Call to Reject 'Colonising Power' France . The Guardian (July 16, 2018).
- ↑ Archived copy (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment April 5, 2018. Archived July 29, 2017.
Links
- Referendum 2018 (Fr.)
- Zheltov MV A referendum in New Caledonia: the penultimate step towards independence? . InterIzbirkom (January 29, 2019). Date of treatment January 29, 2019.
- France may lose an important part of the territory // Glance , November 4, 2018