1962 North Borneo integration referendum

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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?
LocationNorth Borneo
Date17 December 1962 (1962-12-17)
Results
Votes %
Yes 88,624 25.11%
No 264,320 74.89%
Valid votes 352,944 99.01%
Invalid or blank votes 3,529 0.99%
Total votes 356,473 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 392,160 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.