1962 North Borneo integration referendum

1962 North Borneo integration referendum
Do you approve of North Borneo integrating into the Federation of Malaysia as proposed in the 'Malaysia Agreement' of 15 November 1961?
Location	North Borneo
Date	17 December 1962 (1962-12-17)
Results Votes % Yes 88,624 7001251100000000000♠25.11% No 264,320 7001748900000000000♠74.89% Valid votes 352,944 7001990100000000000♠99.01% Invalid or blank votes 3,529 6999990000000000000♠0.99% Total votes 356,473 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 392,160 7001909000000000000♠90.9%

A referendum on integration into the Federation of Malaysia was held in North Borneo on 17 December 1962. Voters were asked whether or not they agreed with the terms of integration as drafted in the Malaysia Agreement of the previous year. The decision was an overwhelming victory for the "No" side with nearly 74.9% of voters rejecting the terms of integration on a turnout of over 90%. Despite a pre-referendum pledge to redraft the terms of integration if the "No" side was victorious, the scale of the victory led the government to abandon any attempts at future integration with Malaysia and, as a direct consequence, North Borneo became independent from the United Kingdom the following year.