But four in ten voters had abstained, particularly in Algeria where Muslims had been faithful in obeying the G.P.R.A.'s appeal this time. Thus the true majority there was just over fifty-five per cent while Algiers with its preponderance of pieds noirs had registered a resounding seventy-two per cent of “nons”.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1322