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BBC Sky News Scottish Independence Referendum

BBC and Sky News call a No vote in the Scottish independence referendum before dawn breaks

By Angela Haggerty | Reporter

September 19, 2014 | 4 min read

The UK’s main news broadcasters BBC News and Sky News called the Scottish independence for the No side at around 5am on the morning of 19 September.

Vote: Scotland is set to remain within the United Kingdom

At the time of calling, 24 out of 32 results had been declared with No sitting at 1,305,388 million votes and Yes 1,102,788 million votes. Better Together needed to take another 517,554 votes to secure victory.

Clackmannanshire was the first constituency to declare at 1.30am, and despite big wins for Yes in Dundee and Glasgow, the declaration of No votes across Scotland kept a consistent pattern before the news broadcasters called the result.

Sky News, BBC News and STV stationed reporters and crews at all 32 counts in Scotland as international media descended on the country to cover the result.

A YouGov poll released at 10.30pm on 18 September, half an hour after voting closed, predicted the No campaign would take 54 per cent of the vote, although social media analysis leading up to the referendum had shown the Yes side to be on top in social network popularity.

BBC Sky News Scottish Independence Referendum

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