When the final ballots had been counted it became clear that 134,397 voters in Saturdays referendum rejected the Icesave legislation of December 30or 93.2 per cent of the those who voted.
Only 2,599 voters, 1.8 per cent, wanted to pass the legislation, while 6,744 voters, 4.7 per cent, handed in an empty ballot and 491 ballots, 0.3 percent, were invalid.
A total of 144,231 people from the 229,977 registered voters in Iceland went to the polling booths on Saturday, which is a turnout of 62.72 per cent.
That is a lower percentage than in parliamentary elections in Iceland. For example, the turnout was 85.1 per cent in the parliamentary elections of April 2009.
How they voted
Nine in 10 rejected Icesave deal on March 6.
Published: 08.03.2010 14:08
Iceland
03.12.2010 14:41
High air pressure brings low temps, sun and cold during the month of November.
Read more 02.12.2010 14:23
Four killer whales, which rarely show up in Iceland, attacked one flock of eider ducks.
Read more 01.12.2010 15:06
A new environment impact assessment rules out the construction of an aluminum smelter at Bakki near Húsavík in northeast Iceland, critics say.
Read more 18.11.2010 15:10
Women may have accompanied Norsemen to Iceland from North America around the year 1000.
Read more 16.11.2010 12:06
Ísland
Iceland, fortunate isle! Our beautiful, bountiful mother!
Where are your fortune and fame, freedom and virtue of old?
All things on earth are transient: the days of your greatness and glory
flicker like flames in the night, far in the depths of the past.
09.11.2010 12:06
Above all, they'd like to see honesty and integrity, particularly in the public sector and among public officials, says the results of a gathering this past weekend.
Read more 07.11.2010 12:26
The purchasing power of the lowest-earning households is now similar to what it was in 2006-2007, while the purchasing power among those who earn more hasn’t been as low in six years.
Read more 05.11.2010 11:26
About 1,000 invitees will discuss changes to the country’s constitution will be discussed on Nov. 6 in Reykjavík.
06.10.2010 16:01
Rio Tinto Alcan has decided to spend $140 million more on changes to the production process of aluminum in its smelter in Straumsvík in Hafnarfjördur.
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