Scotland votes
to stay with the United Kingdom
Scotland has
voted in favour of staying a part of the United Kingdom. The historic
mandate by the people of Scotland
rejected their country's independence. They had a simple YES or NO choice
to the question, "Should Scotland be an independent country?" Official results
confirmed that with the results of 30 out of Scotland's 32 Council areas having
been declared, the No side has an unbeatable lead of over 18 lakh votes to 15
lakh. The margin of victory is about 55 per cent to 45 per cent.
The vote is the
culmination of a two-year campaign and talks will now begin on devolving more
powers to Scotland, which
had joined the United
Kingdom in 1707.
Glasgow, Scotland's largest Council area and the third
largest city in Britain,
voted in favour of independence but Edinburgh,
the nation's capital, rejected the independence.
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