Result of the Brexit referendum 2016, by number of votes cast

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 23, 2016
On June 23, 2016 the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in the Brexit referendum. Approximately 33.56 million people took part in the vote, with 17.4 million people voting to Leave, and 16.1 million voting to Remain, a difference of around 1.27 million votes. As a percentage of votes this meant that Leave had a slight majority of 51.9 percent, to Remain's 48.1 percent.

Results of the Brexit referendum on June 23, 2016, by number of votes cast

CharacteristicNumber of votes
Remain 16,141,241
Leave 17,410,742
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of votes16,141,24116,141,24117,410,74217,410,742RemainLeave
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