Referendum in British Togoland in 1956
The referendum in British Togoland was a vote on May 9, 1956 in the British colony of Togoland .
Here the people should vote on whether they will politically belong to the Gold Coast colony , in the area of present-day Ghana , or not. The alternative to belonging to Ghana would have been a union with the not yet independent French Togo . A total of 272,663 voters voted and decided in favor of belonging to Ghana. However, the majority of the Ewe (i.e. the majority people in the south of the voting area) voted against it, as the separation of the large ethnic group of Ewe, who live in both Ghana and Togo, was cemented by a state border. British Togoland became independent as part of the new state of Ghana as a result of the 1957 vote, along with the then British colony of Gold Coast , but Ewe nationalism has long been a problem for the young state of Ghana. So several rebel groups such. B. Togoland Unification Movement (movement to unite Togolands) and Ewe Unification Movement (movement to unite the Ewe).
| Voting behavior | be right | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For union with the Gold Coast | 142.214 | 63.37% | |
| Against the union with the Gold Coast | 80.199 | 36.63% | |
| Source: [1] | |||
See also
- List of political parties in Ghana
- List of the Governments of Ghana
- List of Ghanaian politicians
- Politics in Ghana
