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= 1962 Algerian independence referendum = An independence referendum was held in French Algeria on 1 July 1962. It followed French approval of the Évian Accords in an April referendum. The results in Algeria were 99.72% in favour and 0.28% against. Voter turnout was 91.88%. As a result of the vote in favour, France declared Algeria to be independent on 3 July.

When Algeria ceased being part of France it also ceased being part of the European Communities.

Background
The 1962 Algerian Independence Referendum signaled an end to the Algerian War. The conflict was started by members of the National Liberation Front(FLN) during the Toussaint Rouge on November 1, 1954. Conflicts proliferated in France including The Algerian Crisis of 1958 which assisted in the the fall of the Fourth French Republic (1946–58). Reports of the French's use of brutal means at dispensing the conflict in Algeria alienated support in metropolitan France and discredited French prestige abroad.

In 1960, French President Charles De Gaulle agreed to negotiations with the FLN after major demonstrations in Algiers among other cities. Negotiations concluded with the signing of the Évian Accords in March 1962. The Évian Accords consisted of 93 pages of agreements ranging from cease-fire arrangements, prisoner releases, the the recognition of Algeria's right to self determination. It also include a guarantee of protection, nondiscrimination, and property rights for the Algerian people.

A subsequent referendum on 8 April 1962 was voted on where the French electorate approved the Évian Accords. The referendum was supported by de Gaulle. The final result in this referendum was 91% in favor of the ratification of this agreement.

Results
The 1962 Algerian independence referendum was phrased:"'Do you want Algeria to become an independent state, co-operating with France under the conditions defined in the declarations of 19 March 1962?'"

Impact
Although the official Algerian declaration of independence was announced on July 5, 1962, France was allowed to maintain their its base for fifteen years. However, France withdrew all forces from the Mers El Kébir naval base in 1967.

Canadian historian John C. Cairns stated in 1962 that "In some ways the last year has been the worse. Tension has never been higher. Disenchantment in France at least has never been greater. The mindless cruelty of it all has never been more absurd and savage. This last year, stretching from the hopeful spring of 1961 to the ceasefire of March 18, 1962 spanned a season of shadow boxing, false threats, capitulation and murderous hysteria. French Algeria died badly. Its agony was marked by panic and brutality as ugly as the record of European imperialism could show. In the spring of 1962 the unhappy corpse of empire still shuddered and lashed out and stained itself in fratricide. The whole episode of its death, measured at least seven and half years, constituted perhaps the most pathetic and sordid event in the entire history of colonialism. It is hard to see how anybody of importance in the tangled web of the conflict came out looking well. Nobody won the conflict, nobody dominated it."

The French government estimates that the eight years of strife and terrorism leading to 1962 cost the life of 350,000 lives. Algerian officials assert the number is higher at 1.5 million.

Charles de Gaulle was re-eleced president to a second term in 1965. He resigned shortly after in 1969. He would die of a heart attack a year later.