Result of the Brexit referendum 2016, by percentage of votes
Brexit referendum that took place on June 23, 2016. Overall, 51.9 percent of people voted to leave the European Union, compared with 48.1 percent of people who opted to remain. Of the 33.57 million people who voted in the referendum, 17.4 million voted to leave and 16.1 million voted to remain. This represented quite a high turnout of 72.2 percent, the highest voter turnout in a UK-wide election since the 1992 General Election.
The United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in the