In Catalonia sum up the results of the vote on independence, unenforceable. According to our information, more than 80% of the inhabitants of the region were in favour of secession from Spain .
Summarizes the results of the referendum, which has affected 1 of the most important Spanish questions - Catalonia wishes to become a separate state. The public was given the opportunity to choose, and the majority voted to secede from Spain and live without the help of others.
A similar vote has no legal force, but it has become a landmark event for the whole state. In the past 9 November elections 80,72% of the inhabitants of the region were in favour of independence from Spain such data became known after processing 88.4% of the ballots, shall notify the newspaper El Mundo.
To vote in Catalonia there were 2 key question on which most often argue the government and the natives powers: "do you Wish Catalonia became a state?" and if Yes, "do you Wish that the government was free?". A positive answer to both questions gave 80,72% is in the joint of 1 million 649 thousand voters.
The public were also other opinions, but they were in the minority. For example, for the statehood without independence spoke a little more than 10%, or 206 thousand took part in the voting. For preservation of the existing order has been 4,55%, or 93 thousand people. In the joint complexity in the referendum was part of 2.25 million of the 5.4 million people living in the province and entitled to vote.
Recall that on 9 November Catalonia held a real referendum, the main issue which has been the separation of the successfully developing region of Spain. Earlier the government powers resented such projects and appealed to the constitutional Tribunal powers and, in consequence, on September 29, the effect of the decree on the referendum was blocked in 5 months. With reference to the Constitution, Madrid insists that Spain is a unitary government, and the question of sovereignty should settle the people of the whole state, and not a separate region, which accounts for 16% of the population.
Since the vote has no legal force, but as best displays the mood of the area. The head of the province, Artur Mas, has evaluated the results of the referendum as "a complete triumph", confirming that "Catalonia wants to govern themselves", and urged the city to approve the holding of an official referendum.
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