Polling day Residents of voted against becoming an independent nation yesterday in the . The country is to remain part of the . In a turnout of 84.6\% of some 4.3 million eligible voters, 55\% voted against and 45\% voted for the proposition "Should Scotland be an independent country?". File photo of Alistair Darling in 2006. Polling stations opened at 7.00 a.m on the 18th , with queues outside some of the 5,579 stations, with many being busy until the polls closed at 22.00 p.m. Over night after the first result was announced at 1:30 a.m.  the "No" vote slowly edged ahead , until just after 6:00 a.m. of the 19th , with the declaration of the results for , the "No" campaign had attained an unassailable lead. With the final declaration by the Highland Council  this gave a final total of 1,617,989 "Yes" and 2,001,926 "No" votes. When the referendum was announced in the March of 2013 Australia's ABC reported that opinion polls showed that only 30\% of the Scottish population supported independence, with 50\% favouring the preservation of the . On the eve of the referendum this had narrowed to "No" 45\%, "Yes" 41\% with 14\% remaining undecided. With a greater margin than recent polls had suggested the majority of these undecided voters ultimately voted "No" to win it for the pro-union camp.
Polling day Residents of voted against becoming an independent nation yesterday in the . The country is to remain part of the . In a turnout of 84.6\% of some 4.3 million eligible voters, 55\% voted against and 45\% voted for the proposition "Should Scotland be an independent country?". File photo of Alistair Darling in 2006. Polling stations opened at 7.00 a.m on the 18th with queues outside some of the 5,579 stations, and many were busy until the polls closed at 22.00 p.m. Overnight, after the first result was announced at 1:30 a.m. , the "No" vote slowly edged ahead . Just after 6:00 a.m. , with the declaration of the results for , the "No" campaign attained an unassailable lead. With the final declaration coming from the Highland Council , this gave a final total of 1,617,989 "Yes" and 2,001,926 "No" votes. When the referendum was announced in March of 2013 Australia's ABC reported that opinion polls showed that only 30\% of the Scottish population supported independence, with 50\% favouring the preservation of the . On the eve of the referendum this had narrowed to "No" 45\%, "Yes" 41\% with 14\% remaining undecided. With a greater margin than recent polls had suggested the majority of these undecided voters ultimately voted "No" to win it for the pro-union camp.
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