Armenian Report 98 Per Cent Vote Yes In Karabakh Referendum

ARMENIAN REPORT 98 PER CENT VOTE YES IN KARABAKH REFERENDUM

Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
Dec 11 2006

Yerevan, 11 December: According to preliminary data, 98.58 per cent of
the voters, who took part in the referendum on 10 December, supported
the draft constitution of the Nagornyy-Karabakh republic [NKR].

Only 0.7 per cent of the participants in the referendum voted against
the draft constitution, our special correspondent has reported from
Stepanakert [Xankandi].

According to the data, turnout for the referendum was 87 per cent,
or 78,389 people.

A total of 90,077 people were included on the voting lists.