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Scotland Likely to Say ‘No’ to Independence as Vote Count Nearly Over

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With vote count over in 31 out of 32 Scottish regions early Friday, Scotland is projected to reject independence by a substantial margin of nearly ten percent.

Updated 9:55 a.m. Moscow Time

EDINBURGH, September 19 (RIA Novosti) – With vote count over in 31 out of 32 Scottish regions early Friday, Scotland is projected to reject independence by a substantial margin of nearly ten percent.

According to most recent results 55.42 percent voted against seceding the United Kingdom and 44.58 percent supported independence.

As for Scottish largest cities, Glasgow has opted for Scottish independence with a turnout of 75 percent, and 61.1 percent of voters in Edinburgh voted 'No' as the turnout was at 84.4 percent.

The Prime Minister of Great Britain David Cameron has already congratulated the leader of the Better Together campaign Alistair Darling with a successful campaign.

The official results will be announced at 7.00 a. m. local time (6.00 GMT).

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