Scotland Independence Referendum
Graphics by  Monica Ulmanu    |    Updated  19 September, 2014

How Scotland voted

While turnout in the 2010 election was 64 per cent, a whopping 97 per cent of Scots have registered for their referendum ballot, the largest electorate ever in Scotland.



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YES
44.7%
NO
55.3%
Turnout

Scottish devolution referendum 1979 | 63.3%
Scottish devolution referendum 1997 | 60.2%
Scottish Parliament 2011 | 50.4%
Local government elections 2012 | 39.0%
2014 European elections | 33.4%
Scotland independence referendum | 84.6%
Council Yes No Electorate
% of total		 Turnout Political
control*		 Unemployment Local share of deprived datazones (%)**

Yes and No share of vote don't add up to 100%, due to rejected papers included in total.
*Largest party by council seats
**The local share is the percentage of a local authority’s datazones which fall within the 15% most deprived datazones in Scotland.

Sources: Elections Scotland; Office for National Statistics; local councils; House of Commons Library

Opinion poll tracker
Should Scotland be an independent country?
Ipsos-Mori
Latest poll: Sep. 17, 2014*
Yes41
No46
*1,377 respondents (September 15 - 16)
YouGov
Latest poll: Sep. 17, 2014*
Yes45
No49
*3,237 adults 16+ (September 15-17)
TNS
Latest poll: Sep. 9, 2014*
Yes38
No39
*990 respondents (August 27 -September 4)
Margin of error of +/- 3%. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.
How different groups responded since September 2013
Gender groups

Latest YouGov polls show a significant drop in the women voters' support that the Yes campaign had recently gained.

Charts show YouGov poll results since September 2013 and include the undecided voters.
Male
Female
Age groups

Yes campaign lost ground across all age groups, except those aged 40-59.

16-24
25-39
40-59
Over 60

Sources: Poll agencies