In Algeria, despite every threat and blandishment by the F.L.N. to abstain, there was an astonishingly high turnout of 79.9 per cent and a “oui” majority representing 76.4 per cent of the total electorate and 96.6 per cent of those who voted. Pressure and propaganda by the Cinquième Bureau was undoubtedly strong, but there was little evidence of any fraudulent vote-rigging as had been known in Algeria in earlier times.

QUESTION: How did the FLN respond to this electoral defeat, and did this turnout shape subsequent referendum or independence dynamics in Algeria?

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 934