The Chiefs and people of the Bono East enclave of the Brong Ahafo Region have voted overwhelmingly to endorse the proposal for the creation of a new region.
At the end of the collation of the entire results from the 11 districts and municipalities forming the proposed region, 450,812 representing 85.82 per cent of the 525,275 registered voters turned out for the exercise.
In all 448,545 people representing 99.5 per cent of the total votes cast voted YES while 1,384 people, representing 0.3 per cent voted NO.
A total of 883 votes representing 0.2 per cent were rejected.
The residents waited throughout the night for the outcome of the referendum.
The Electoral Commission’s Returning Officer, Mr James Yeboah Arthur declared the results at about 6.05 am Friday.
Detailed Results
Techiman South
YES – 100,066
NO – 273
Rejected – 204
Total – 100,543
Techiman North
YES – 40,653
No – 83
Rejected- 67
Total – 40,803
Nkoranza North
YES – 27,711
NO -51
Rejected-34
Total- 27,796
Nkoranza South
YES – 57,166
NO – 56
Rejected- 60
Total – 57,882
Kintampo North
YES – 45,227
NO – 158
Rejected- 62
Total-45,447
Kintampo South
YES – 32,497
NO – 126
Rejected- 64
Total- 32,687
Atebubu-Amantin
YES – 46,668
NO – 152
Rejected- 72
Total- 46,829
Pru East
YES – 33,828
NO – 160
Rejected- 107
Total- 34,095
Pru West
YES – 24,133
NO – 121
Rejected- 88
Total- 24,342
Sene East
YES -18,318
NO – 69
Rejected- 59
Total – 18,446
Sene West
Yes – 22,278
No -135
Rejected- 66
Total- 22,479