The eventual result was reported to be 58% in favour of integration, although 55% of voters in the southern part of the territory had voted to separate from the Gold Coast and continue its status as a UN Trusteeship.[2][3]
^ abTsagli, Philip (21 July 2011). "Ghana National Reconciliation Commission: The Historical Context: Chapter Three :3.1.2.4". ghana.gov.gh. Government of Ghana. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2020. This complicated situation led the General Assembly of the United Nations to decide in December 1955, that the peoples of the Trust Territory should be given a chance in a plebiscite, to determine if they wished to be integrated with the Gold Coast upon its attainment of independence, or if they wished to remain separate until a decision was taken in respect of the French-administered part. The plebiscite was held on 9th May 1956 for the peoples of the territories to decide whether to integrate with the Gold Coast or to remain separate. An overall majority of 58% voted for integration. However, in the south where the Togoland Congress had campaigned vigorously, there was a 55% majority in favour of separation. Consequently the decision to integrate the TVT with the Gold Coast at its independence was a minority decision as far as those in the south of the Trust Territories were concerned.
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