ITAR-TASS
March 16, 2014
Polling stations in Crimea have closed, the referendum is over
SIMFEROPOL, March 16. /ITAR-TASS/. A total of 93% of participants in the referendum in Crimea have voted for the accession to Russia, according to an exit poll conducted by the Crimean Institute for Political and Sociological Studies.
A total of 7% of participants in the referendum prefer Crimea to preserve its status.
The exit poll’s data were made public after polling stations had closed closed.
The exit poll was conducted at over 200 polling stations of Crimea, including 50 polling stations in Sevastopol.
People were asked the question: do you vote for Crimea’s accession to Russia as a constituent entity or do you vote for restoring the 1992 Constitution of Crimea as part of Ukraine.
Totally, 59,111 people were polled.
Crimean vice-premier Rustam Temirgaliev said the exit poll data proved Crimea’s victory.
Referendum in Crimea on the future status of the region fully met international standards and stood in line with democratic procedures, Mateusz Piskorski, the chief of the international observer mission said after the closure of the polling stations Sunday.
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