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Britain votes to leave EU by 51.9%: final result

Britain votes to leave EU by 51.9%: final result

People cycle with “Vote Remain” billboards urging people to vote in north London on June 23, 2016, as Britain holds a referendum on whether to remain in, or to leave the European Union (EU). Millions of Britons began voting Thursday in a bitterly-fought, knife-edge referendum that could tear up the island nation’s EU membership and spark the greatest emergency of the bloc’s 60-year history. / AFP PHOTO

Britain has voted to leave the European Union by 51.9 percent to 48.1 percent, final results from all 382 of Britain’s local counting centres showed on Friday.

The final result showed 17.4 million people had voted “Leave” and 16.1 million people had voted “Remain” in the EU membership referendum.