Officials say 92% voted for independence in Iraqi Kurd referendum

More than 92 percent of Iraqi Kurds voted for independence in a referendum, according to the first official results announced this afternoon, two days after the disputed plebiscite.

Electoral commission officials tells a news conference in the regional capital Irbil that 92.73 percent of the 3,305,925 people who cast ballots voted “yes” in Monday’s referendum, which had a turnout of 72.61 percent.

— AFP

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