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TEHRAN, May 27 -Nearly two thirds of Irish vote to repeal the eight constitutional amendment in a referendum.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -Nearly two thirds of Irish vote to repeal the eight constitutional amendment in a referendum.
Scenes of celebration have erupted across the Irish capital as official results showed that voters in the country overwhelmingly backed the legalisation of abortion services.
Released on Saturday evening, the final result said that 66.4 percent of people had supported the repeal of the eighth constitutional amendment in Friday's referendum.
Exit polls had accurately predicted the landslide victory for the Yes camp.
Galway East became the first constituency to release official results, with 60.2 percent of voters choosing Yes.
Polling stations in rural Galway saw Yes garnering support of up to 81.20 per cent, defying expectations that people in such areas would vote conservatively.
Surprising statistics also emerged from the Aran islands, all three of which along with Inishbofin voted in favour of repealing. Even neighbouring county Roscommon, the only constituency to vote against equal marriage in 2015, supported the movement with 57.21 percent.
'Out-of-body experience'
These results set the trend for the rest of the country.
Officials in Dublin Central said 76.5 percent of voters had put their x in the Yes box.
In the capital, Yes campaigners and activists gathered at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) convention centre to celebrate their camp's victory as votes were counted before them.
Amongst them was Anna Cosgrave, founder of the Repeal project.
Seeing her side come out on top felt like "an out-of-body experience, an indication that Ireland had utterly changed", she said.
"[It] feels amazing that women are finally getting the appropriate healthcare in their own country," she said, while also holding a thought for those who had gone before her - for "women who never got to see the result".
This sentiment was shared by Alice McPherson, an education officer at Dublin's Trinity College.
"You can't undo 35 years of wrong with a single day of voting," McPherson said.
She also questioned the disparity between opinion polls, which predicted a close result, and the final outcome, saying this begged some "serious questions".
Source:Aljazeera
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