1964 Southern Rhodesian independence referendum

A referendum on independence was held in Southern Rhodesia on 5 November 1964. The question put to voters was, "Are you in favour of or against Southern Rhodesia obtaining independence on the basis of the 1961 Constitution of Southern Rhodesia?" The result was a landslide for the "yes" vote, which was the choice of over 90% of voters. Ian Smith called an indaba with tribe leaders to gauge support, resulting in universal support among the tribal leaders, but Britain did not consider this representative of the majority black population as the tribal leaders were in the pay of Ian Smith’s Government.[1] The following year, Ian Smith's government made a Unilateral Declaration of Independence, making the country a de facto independent state until returning to British colonial rule in 1979 following the Lancaster House Agreement. The British Government did not accept Southern Rhodesian independence as they did not view the referendum as representative of all of Southern Rhodesia.

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Voter turnout was 61.9%.[2]

Results
Choice Votes %
For58,17690.51
Against6,1019.49
Invalid/blank votes965–
Total65,242100
Registered voters/turnout105,44461.87
Source: African Elections Database
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References
  2. Elections in Zimbabwe African Elections Database
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