Update: Where do we stand in UK ref results?
Brexit total votes count stand at 280,820 remain 299,598 leave, with only about 10% of the votes counted so far. As a reminder the busiest period will be between 3 and 5 GMT. Read below the note from RBC on the most critica times.
EU referendum results guide - RBC
- Results will come in slowly at first; just 18 of 382 ‘local counting areas’ representing around 5% of voters are expected to have declared before 2am BST on 24 June.
- The busy period for results is expected to be between 3-5am BST at the end of which over three-quarters of the votes are anticipated to have been counted and declared.
- It is likely to be after 7am BST on 24 June when a final national result is confirmed, even if that eventual outcome may become apparent before that based on the early results