<!– google_ad_section_start –> Falkland Islanders on Monday voted overwhelmingly in favour of remaining a British oversees territory in a referendum designed to send a strong message to Argentina, which earlier derided the poll as illegal. Some 92 per cent of the islands’ 1,672 eligible voters turned out to deliver a 98.8 per cent “yes” vote in favour of staying an internally self-governing British territory, election officials in capital Port Stanley announced. Only three votes were cast against the islands remaining British. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Falkland islanders vote 98.8pc in favour of staying British territory
Falkland islanders vote 98.8pc in favour of staying British territory
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Falkland Islanders on Monday voted overwhelmingly in favour of remaining a British oversees territory in a referendum designed to send a strong message to Argentina, which earlier derided the poll as illegal. Some 92 per cent of the islands’ 1,672 eligible voters turned out to deliver a 98.8 per cent “yes” vote in favour of staying an internally self-governing British territory, election officials in capital Port Stanley announced. Only three votes were cast against the islands remaining British. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Falkland islanders vote 98.8pc in favour of staying British territory
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