Unity state: 497,435 vote for secession
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
January 23, 2011 (BENTIU) – Oil-rich Unity state has recorded the highest number of votes in favor of secession in the south’s self-determination referendum.
In official results released by the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission’s office in Bentiu capital on Saturday, the total number of those who voted for secession in Unity state is 497,435, followed by Central Equatoria state with 429,729 votes cast in favored of secession, while Warrap state follows in the third position with 393,333.
Unity State Chairperson of High Referendum Committees, Michael Mayiel Chuol has declared that the preliminary results of Unity state confirm results on the day that 498,188 voters cast their votes for the polling of January 9, 2011 to January 15, 2011 during the press conference at Saint Augustine hall at Bentiu town.
Chuol said, there was a 99.4 percent turnout in Unity state, of which 99.98 percent were for secession, 0.02 percent for votes for unity, 0.03 percent unmarked ballots, 0.6 percent did not cast their votes and 0.10 percent were invalid ballots.
The governor said that Unity state’s registered voters totalled about 501,120 during last November’s registration, and was the first state with highest leads across South Sudan’s ten states, northern Sudan and abroad. Unity state had 286 referendum centers .
However, the total number of votes for Unity was 90, invalid ballots 500, unmarked ballots 163 and those did not casted their votes 2,932.
Preliminary results are expected in Juba on January 30 and final results are due to be announced in Khartoum on February 14.
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Kim Deng
Unity state: 497,435 vote for secession
Folks,
What did I tell you yesterday concerning about the rich Liech State (Unity State)turnout vote?
Kim Deng
Unity state: 497,435 vote for secession
Folks,
What did I tell you yesterday concerning about the rich Liech State (Unity State)turnout vote?
Liberator
Unity state: 497,435 vote for secession
Kim & Gatwech looks at this report
Inflated votes(turnout)in Dinka populated counties! that what makes their turn out huge…it’s sickening
outhern Sudan: Too many votes
Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:47a.m.
By Maggie Fick
Preliminary results from Southern Sudan’s independence referendum indicate a landslide vote for secession, but turnout exceeded 100 percent in several areas, and a top election official say some results are being quarantined.
Voter turnout exceeded 100 percent in 10 of the south’s 79 counties, according to an analysis done by The Associated Press using information on the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission’s website. In Jonglei state’s Bor County, the number of votes cast exceeded the number of registered voters by 720.
The Southern Sudan Referendum Commission reported on its website that with almost all of the votes counted, 98.8 percent of voters who cast ballots in the January 9-15 independence referendum voted for secession.
Though that result is overwhelming, international officials have predicted for months that the south would vote to secede, and even officials from northern Sudan have acknowledged the south would vote to break away.
The number of over-votes in the 10 counties ranged from three to 720, the AP analysis found.
Justice Chan Reec Madut, who heads the southern bureau of the referendum commission, said results from stations that recorded more than 105 percent turnout would be quarantined. But he said that even if the commission throws out votes from counties where over-votes were recorded, “the trend is clear,” meaning that the south has voted for secession.
International observers of the referendum from the Arab League to the US-based Carter Centre have generally lauded the referendum process, calling it credible, up to international standards and representative of the will of the people.
Madut said investigations into the quarantined results from 33 polling stations are under way. There were more than 2,600 polling stations across Sudan.
“There will be no problem I think, (but) we want to do work that satisfies our own conscience,” Madut said.
Southern Sudan is likely to become the world’s newest country in July if the referendum process stays on track. Issues like oil rights, border demarcation and citizenship rights still have to be worked out between the north and south.
Final results from the referendum were scheduled to be announced in February.
Liberator
Unity state: 497,435 vote for secession
Gatwech
Agree! it must stop or will find ourselves being a laughing stock on the world stage. under-counting is understandable but over-counting is not only morally wrong in any country (even in Secret Reclusive country like North Korea, don’t inflated their population)since it put unnecessary squeezes on a country’s resources or financial system, But also trusted institution such as world Bank & IMF which makes loans to countries based on accurate statics would not be kind to any future South Sudan state.
Bol Deng
Unity state: 497,435 vote for secession
Gatwech and Kim,
Jonglei has 99.89%. I know that you can not do round off.
When was Unity state become SPLM state?
Facts Check
Unity state: 497,435 vote for secession
Congratulation to General Taban for always providing best hardline leadership which works best in Unity state. The man can deliver anything even George Athor head he can within hours if asked to do it!
I am glad to be back to Bentie from our beloved crazy Rumbek1
Stephen Gatloth K
Unity state: 497,435 vote for secession
Very pantestice.
Bentiu the feeder state in the south and sudan at large with all its need,i don`t think can embray.
THANK TO MMAMA Betiu. Gatloth Gai Bentiu