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Inishowen says 'No'  16.06.08

INISHOWEN'S 'Yes to Lisbon' politicians will be reflecting this week on the reasons why the peninsula ignored them and gave a resounding 'No'.
A total of 25,654 people in Donegal North East including Inishowen turned out to vote in last Thursday's referendum. This represented a voter turn-out of 45.7%. While 144 people spoiled their votes, there was a valid poll of 25,510 votes.
Senator Cecilia Keaveney and Cllr. Marian McDonald cast their votes in the Lisbon Treaty referendum. Of that number only 9,006 voted 'Yes' with the remaining 16,504 people voting 'No'. In percentage terms, this represented a 'No' vote of 64.7% and a 'Yes' vote of just 35.3%.
And it wasn't a pretty pie-chart either for the Government south of the county with a 'No' vote of 63.4% and a 'Yes' vote of 36.6% despite it being Tánaiste Mary Coughlan's heartland.
Donegal North East returned one of the highest 'No' votes in the country with only Dublin South West returning higher at 65.1%.
There was a valid poll nationally of 1.6 million votes with 53.4% going against the treaty and 46.6% in favour. The treaty was rejected by a margin of 110,000 votes.

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