New Caledonia votes to remain as a French Overseas Territory

Monday, October 5th 2020 - 09:01 UTC

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Voters on the South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia were on course to reject breaking away from France in a referendum on Sunday, partial results showed. With votes from 282 out of 304 polling stations tallied, the partial results showed the “no” camp ahead with 53.6% support after expanding its lead as results came in from the capital, Noumea, traditionally a bastion of pro-Paris loyalty. Read full article

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Chicureo
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Terence Hill
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
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Don Alberto
It is interesting to see that for the second time the exact same proportion (within 0.2%) of the 174,995 voters eligible to vote in this referendum, voted to stay with France.

In November 2018 the turnout was 81% and 56.4% of the voters chose to remain part of France: 81 x 0.564 = 45.684% of the voting population [1]

In October 2020 year the turnout was 85.6% and 53.26% of the voters chose to remain part of France: 85.6 x 0.5326 = 45.59% of the voting population [2]

45.684 / 45.59 = 1.0020, a 0.2% difference: only 358 voters.

[1] www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46087053
[2] www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54410059
Oct 06th, 2020 - 05:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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