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
