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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Mon Jun 20, 2016, 10:38 PM Jun 2016

How will the referendum results be announced?

Will there simply be an announcement of a final total after all the votes have been counted?

Or will there be declarations-by-constituency, as there were in the Scottish independence referendum?

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How will the referendum results be announced? (Original Post) Ken Burch Jun 2016 OP

Declarations by local council or equivalent (382 in all), through the British night muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #1

I'll be in Washington state on Thursday, so that will be starting at 3pm here. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #2

results night... Ironing Man Jun 2016 #3

muriel_volestrangler

(101,306 posts)

1. Declarations by local council or equivalent (382 in all), through the British night

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Tue Jun 21, 2016, 04:28 AM

Jun 2016

There's a post in GD saying BBC World News will be carrying the results programme from 6pm ET (ie 11pm BST, one hour after polls close) in the USA.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36044026

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

2. I'll be in Washington state on Thursday, so that will be starting at 3pm here.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 21, 2016, 05:24 AM

Jun 2016

Thanks for the info, Muriel.

Ironing Man

(164 posts)

3. results night...

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Tue Jun 21, 2016, 08:05 AM

Jun 2016

from what i've seen, individual results will start tricking in through the night with Sunderland looking to declare first and before midnight BST

the BBC seem to think they'll be able to say stay/go about 4.30-5am from the results in at that time, but the actual result won't be known until 6am or so.

its being run from Manchester, with result collated there and the declaration done there.

unlike election night, i'm not going to stay up, i don't see the point...

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