A referendum on remaining in the Comoros was held in Mayotte on 8 February 1976.
[1] The French National Assembly passed a law on 31 December 1975 allowing for the independence of the Comoros without Mayotte.
A referendum was subsequently organised in Mayotte for February 1976 to determine whether residents of the territory wished to remain part of the Comoros or stay under French control.
[1] France vetoed a United Nations Security Council proposal to call off the referendum;[2] this marked the first and so far the only time France has vetoed a United Nations Security Council Resolution on its own.
Five nonaligned states had proposed that the Security Council call for the cancellation of the referendum.