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3rd LD: Leave in lead after over 20 mln votes declared in EU referendum

Xinhua, June 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Remain side is now a little bit behind of Leave as around 21 million, over two third of votes have been counted on early Friday.

According to local media, a total of 11.590 million people voted to leave the European Union (EU), while 10.886 million others voted to remain in the early morning.

After first counting venue Gibraltar declared its result as 19,322 voted to stay in the EU and 823 voted to leave, another seven areas have also announced the results.

Orkney Islands voted to remain as 7,189 people voted to stay and 4,193 voted to leave.

There was a narrow Remain win in Newcastle after 65,404 cast votes prefer to remain and 63,598 in favor of leaving.

A big Leave win has been witnessed in Sunderland, Wakefield, Luton, Swindon and Kirkless.

While Clackmannanshire, Isles of Scilly, Camden and Harrow voted to remain.

The final result is expected to be declared at around breakfast time on Friday. Endi