Final Catalan vote count shows 90 percent backed independence: Regional government

Final results from Catalonia's outlawed independence referendum showed that 90 percent of voters backed the region breaking away from Spain.

Catalan independence supporters, one waving an 'estelada', or Catalonia independence flag, applaud during a rally outside the city hall of Girona, Spain, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. | AP

BARCELONA: Final results from Catalonia's outlawed independence referendum showed that 90 percent of voters backed the region breaking away from Spain, the Catalan government said on Friday.

A full count of the results from last Sunday's vote published online showed that 2,044,038 of the 2,286,217 people who took part voted for independence, with a turnout of 43 percent.

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