Scottish Independence Referendum 2014

The official result of the Scottish Independence Referendum (SIR) as declared by the the Chief Counting Officer, Mary Pitcaithley, OBE is shown below:

• The total number of ballot papers counted in the referendum for the whole of Scotland was 3,623,344
• The turnout was 84.6%

The total number of votes cast in favour of each answer to the referendum question for the whole of Scotland is as follows:

Outcome	Number of votes
Yes	1,617,989
No	2,001,926
Rejected	3,429

The reasons for rejection are as follows:

Reason for rejection	Number of papers
a) want of an official mark	16
b) voting in favour of both answers	691
c) writing or mark by which voter could be identified	168
d) unmarked or void for uncertainty	2,554

East Dunbartonshire Council - Local Total

The Counting Officer for the East Dunbartonshire Council area, Gerry Cornes, declared the local total of votes cast in the Scottish Independence Referendum, as follows:

• The total number of ballot papers counted in the referendum for East Dunbartonshire was 79,011
• The turnout was 91.0%

The total number of votes cast in favour of each answer to the referendum question in East Dunbartonshire is as follows:

Outcome	Number of votes
Yes	30,624
No	48,314
Rejected	73

The reasons for rejection are as follows:

Reason for rejection	Number of papers
a) want of an official mark	1
b) voting in favour of both answers	13
c) writing or mark by which voter could be identified	4
d) unmarked or void for uncertainty	55