Just three of the 13 electoral districts returned a 'no' vote in yesterday's divorce referendum.

Early analysis of unofficial results, half- way through the vote sorting process, show that only the eighth district (Birkirkara), the eleventh  and 13th (Gozo) voted against the introduction of divorce, with the majority being strongest in Gozo.

In Gozo, almost 70% of voters expressed themselves against divorce. In the eighth district, 52% were against divorce while in the eleventh, the majority against  divorce was almost 55%. 

The predominantly Labour districts returned a strong 'yes' vote. The majorities in favour of divorce were just over 60% in the second, third, fourth and fifth districts.

There was a majority of up to 52% in favour of divorce in the first, sixth, seventh, ninth and 12th districts.

The margin was narrowest in the 10th district (Sliema) with those in favour of divorce just ahead.

The final outcome is expected to be a 'yes' majority of 54%.

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