 In the second referendum on the independence of Algeria, held in April 1962, 91 percent of the French electorate approved the Evian Accords.On 1 July 1962, some 6 million of a total Algerian electorate of 6.5 million cast their ballots.The vote was nearly unanimous, with 5,992,115 votes for independence, 16,534 against, with most pieds-noirs and Harkis either having fled or abstaining.