Border poll

Border polls are referendums that are either about the exact location of a border or whether there should be a particular border at all. They are seen as both an alternative to war and a means of respecting the right to self determination for the local population, although there can sometimes be disputes regarding their fairness and whether they instead legitimise the current regime.

Border polls held in the aftermath of the First World War

• 1919 Vorarlberg referendum
• 1920 Carinthian plebiscite
• 1920 Schleswig plebiscites
• 1919 Ålandic status referendum
• 1920 East Prussian plebiscite
• 1935 Saar status referendum
• Sopron plebiscite
• Upper Silesia plebiscite

Other border polls

• 1973 Northern Ireland border poll
• 1915–1916 Church of England border polls
• 1961 British Cameroons referendum
• 2012 North Kosovo referendum
• 2015 La Manga del Cura status referendum
• Abyei status referendum