Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [unc] [unc] turnout " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over 90 per cent of the 97.05 per cent turnout voted for constitutional changes allowing for multiparty politics . |
| 2 | Igor Smirnov had been elected " president " , and 98 per cent of the 78 per cent turnout reportedly had voted for independence . |
| 3 | The challenge for Europe 's left parties will be to overcome party patriotism and work out how to construct majorities in the new era , for traditional parties of the right , also , can manage only about a 40 per cent turnout , if that . |
| 4 | Monitored by a 40-member delegation from the Organization of American States ( OAS ) , it was reported to have passed off peacefully , with a 65-70 per cent turnout in the capital Paramaribo . |
| 5 | Voting was reported to be brisk , with a 100 per cent turnout in the Knin district , although there was criticism that many voters remained unclear about what kind of autonomy they were being asked to vote for . |
| 6 | In the first round on Sept. 27 Iliescu and Constantinescu had gained 47.34 and 31.24 per cent respectively [ for first round results and background information , see p. 39104 ] ; in the second Iliescu won 61.43 per cent and Constantinescu 38.57 per cent , with a 73.2 per cent turnout . |
| 7 | Amid continuing stalemate the planned elections went ahead on Nov. 25 , with an 81 per cent turnout . |
| 8 | In Abkhazia , the Abkhaz population which favoured seceding from Georgia and remaining part of the Soviet Union boycotted the referendum , but the fact that the Abkhaz were a minority in their own autonomous republic was reflected in the 60 per cent turnout of voters , of whom 97.65 per cent voted " yes " . |
| 9 | In a 62 per cent turnout , Soares won 70.43 per cent of the vote , against 14.07 per cent for his closest rival , Basilío Horta of the conservative Democratic Social Centre ( CDS ) . |
| 10 | Abulfez Elchibey , leader of the Azerbaijani Popular Front , was sworn in as President on June 16 , after receiving 59.4 per cent of the vote in a 76 per cent turnout in elections on June 7 ; there were five candidates in all . |
| 11 | In a referendum on June 14 on the status of ex-Soviet troops in Lithuania , voting was reported as being some 90 per cent in favour of their immediate withdrawal ( i.e. in 1992 ) , in a 75 per cent turnout . |
| 12 | In a 95.5 per cent turnout , 94.39 per cent voted in favour of secession and 0.46 per cent against . |
| 13 | March 31 : in a referendum held in Georgia 99 per cent voted in favour of independence in a 90 per cent turnout , and on April 9 Georgia proclaimed its independence . |
| 14 | On June 18 , 68.7 per cent of Irish voters , in a 57.3 per cent turnout , endorsed the ratification of the Treaty . |
| 15 | In an 82.3 per cent turnout , 50.7 per cent of those voting on June 2 voted to reject the Maastricht Treaty — a margin of only 46,269 votes . |
| 16 | The Interior Ministry reported 97 per cent approval , in an 85 per cent turnout . |
| 17 | Until this meeting the provincial administration had refused to consider holding negotiations on the rent strike with anyone other than the township 's black councillors , who had been elected in an 11.5 per cent turnout in October 1988 [ see p. 36333 ] . |
| 18 | Official results in 13 of the country 's 23 voting regions showed eight had voted resoundingly against in an 80 per cent turnout . |
| 19 | In an 82 per cent turnout , Mr Ashdown 's Tory challenger , Mr Julian Davidson , polled 22,125 , a drop of just over a thousand on the Conservative share of the vote in 1987 . |
| 20 | Although final official figures were not available at time of publication , the turnout was around 55 per cent of eligible voters , the largest since the 55.4 per cent turnout in 1972 . |
| 21 | On a 56 per cent turnout , they gave Soglo 36.16 per cent of the votes , Kerekou 27.33 per cent , and their closest contender , Albert Tevoedjre , 14.24 per cent , provoking a second-round runoff between Kerekou and Soglo on March 24 . |
| 22 | The actions of the central authorities , in the event , served to rally local opinion still more closely around the nationalist leaderships , and when the issue of full independence was put to the republican populations in the spring of 1991 it received overwhelming endorsement The Lithuanian vote , in February , produced a majority of over 90 per cent on an 84 per cent turnout ; in Latvia and Estonia , in March , there were majorities for independence of 74 and 78 per cent on a similar turnout . |