Southern Sudan has already obtained the necessary majority of votes in the referendum to become an independent state, according to preliminary results compiled by Wednesday, January 19 '. The population of the southern capital, Juba, 97.5% voted in favor of the secession of southern Sudan. The heads of ten states of Southern Sudan colligation Wednesday the results of different local counties for the referendum leading to the partition of Sudan, Africa's largest country divided between north, Muslim and mostly Arab and South Afro-Christian."In Juba County, independence has received 211,018 votes, and Unit 3650," said president of the local branch of the referendum commission, Timon Wani, to applause. Preliminary results collected by crediting the independence of almost 99% of the vote. The final results of the referendum are expected in early February.
In the state of Bahr al-Ghazal, Western 153 839 162 594 voters (94.6%) enrolled chose secession, and in the State of Lakes, headquarters of the former Confederate capital Rumbek during the civil war, 298 216 voters out of 298,443 (99.9%) did so, according to preliminary results by the referendum commissions from local authorities.
In the oil state of Unity, over 471,000 votes counted 472,000 people chose secession, while in the neighboring state of North Bahr al-Ghazal, 264 473 265 450 (99.6%) opted for independence, according to partial preliminary results obtained from the local boards. The polls indicate a victory of the secessionist option in the referendum of Southern Sudan, but it is too early to proclaim victory, was a minister said while the southern referendum commission continues counting.
Nearly four million voters had registered for this historic election, with about 3.8 million in southern Sudan, according to figures from the commission. The southern Sudanese living in the South but also in the north of the country and abroad had the right to participate in this poll.
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