01 OCT

90% of voters said ‘Yes’ to independence from Spain – Catalan government

Published time: 1 Oct, 2017 22:42 Edited time: 1 Oct, 2017 22:47

The overwhelming majority of Catalans who participated in the banned referendum have voted in favor of independence from Spain, the Catalan government has announced.

Over two million Catalans, or 90.9 percent of those who voted said ‘Yes’ in Sunday’s referendum, regional authorities said. Only 7,87 percent, or 176,565 voters said ‘No’ when asked if they want to attain independence from Madrid.

“Out of the 2,262,424 ballots that were not seized, 2,020,144 were YES votes, 176,566 were NO votes, 45,586 in blank and 20,129 null votes”

— Catalan Government (@catalangov) October 1, 2017

The Catalan government said the result reflects only the ballots that “were not seized” during police raids on polling stations throughout the day.

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