All polls suggest that, given the choice in a free, fair, and well organized referendum, southerners will vote overwhelmingly for independence.

In the referendum held in July 1967, the vote was 1,813 to 5 in favour of independence.

In elections held in Puerto Rico, the pro independence party had polled barely 3 4 percent of the vote.

In the South Province, where the independence movement was split into several lists, no representative received the required 5 per cent of the vote necessary for a seat.9

A vote for recognition of Palestinian statehood is a vote for peace.

And the SPLM fears that Bashir would use a vote in favor of independence in the south as justification to resume all out war.

Vote for us!

The idea was, Vote your conscience, vote for Mister Splashy Pants.

Greece s Vote for Sovereignty

Their vote for Hollande was a vote against Sarkozy, not against austerity.

Greek War of Independence Greek War of Independence was a successful war waged by the Greeks to win independence for Greece from the Ottoman Empire.

The implication is clear a vote for Modi is a vote for a latter day Patel.

The turnout in the independence referendum was 63.4 percent and 99.7 percent of voters voted for independence.

The Chairman The floor is open for explanations of vote after the vote.

Independence for Kosovo, too, is inching closer.

Japan s Vote for Bold Reform

Waiting to vote for freedom

No realistic solution exists for Kosovo but independence.

LONDON Since I believe that the Scots are sensible, I think that they will vote no this week to independence. But, whichever way the vote goes, the spectacular rise of nationalism, in Scotland and elsewhere in Europe, is a symptom of a diseased political mainstream.

When Somaliland s people vote at the end of September, they will not be deciding explicitly on secession, but their steady effort at state building does amplify their claims to independence.

Francophone Africa has been paying for independence ever since.

But Poland never stopped striding and striking for independence.

This would give management considerable de facto independence, since under the one person, one vote principle the larger member countries could no longer block issues just because they are politically inconvenient.

On January 9, 2011, the people of Southern Sudan will vote for independence from the North, taking with them up to three quarters of the country s known oil reserves and placing millions of civilians in the direct path of war.

Independence

The PLO embodies Palestinian national aspirations for independence and statehood.

Thus, independence for Kosovo in no way creates a precedent.

For the battle for Ukraine s liberty and independence was not decided last winter.

French electors did not vote for a dream.

Each elector may vote for only one candidate.

Public opinion in the majority nationalist community (who sought greater independence from Britain) had shifted during the war from a demand for home rule to one for full independence.

Explanation of vote before the vote

Explanation of vote after the vote

Criteria for defining the independence of members of the external committee

Women were also busily involved in preparing for the independence celebrations.

Welcoming the independence of Timor Leste on 20 May 2002, and commending its people and its leadership for achieving independence through peaceful and democratic means,

While a majority of Hongkongers agree that independence for Hong Kong is politically impossible, more and more claim to support independence simply to agitate Beijing.

Ensuring women's rights to vote and stand for elections

The decision to vote means a decision for history.

In Benghazi, there are already calls for autonomy, if not outright independence.

Mahmoud Homsi started the hashtag by tweeting Thank you for economic independence

This is Mauritania's first death sentence for apostasy since independence in 1960.

Arab Centre for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession

See also Independence Day (Pakistan) References External links Indian Independence Day at Government of India website Indian Independence Day in Encyclopædia Britannica Blog

Statements in explanation of vote before the vote