ROSTOV-ON-DON. Sept 28 (Interfax) - The absolute majority of people in Donbas and the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions have voted for the entry into Russia.
According to the preliminary results of the count of 100% of votes, the approval was the highest in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), where, according to the DPR Central Elections Commission, 99.23% of voters chose the entry into Russia.
Meanwhile, in the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), 98.42% of voters said "yes," according to the LPR Central Elections Commission, and the elections commissions in the Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions reported 93.11% and 87.05% of votes, respectively.
The DPR has also reported the highest voter turnout: 2,131,207 or 97.51% of listed voters.
Together with polling stations in Russia, the LPR had a voter turnout of 1,662,607 or 94.15%. The turnout stood at 541,093 or 85% in the Zaporizhzhya region, and 571,001 or 78.86% in the Kherson region.
The referenda on the entry of the DPR, the LPR, and the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions into Russia as constituent territories took place on September 23-27.
On the first days, the voting was held in public areas and at home. Members of elections commissions visited voters at home. Polling stations opened on the last day of the referendum. The procedure derived from security considerations.
The referenda were declared valid after the third, one but last day of voting, when the turnout exceeded 50% in all the four regions.
People in the LPR and the DPR were asked whether they support "the republic's entry into Russia as a constituent territory." Voters in the Zaporizhzhya and Kherson region were asked, "Do you agree with the region's secession from Ukraine, the establishment of the region as an independent state, and its accession to the Russian Federation as a constituent territory."