The total number of ballot papers counted in the referendum in the Falkirk Council
area is 108,626. The turnout is 88.7%.
The total number of votes cast in relation to each answer to the referendum question
in this area is as follows:
| Outcome | Number of Votes |
|---|
| Yes | 50,489 |
| No | 58,030 |
| Rejected | 107 |
The reasons for rejection are as follows:
| Reason for rejection |
Number of papers |
| a) want of an official mark |
0 |
| b) voting in favour of both answers |
14 |
| c) writing or mark by which voter could be identified |
3 |
| d) unmarked or void for uncertainty |
90 |
| Total |
107 |
Area breakdown
Falkirk East
| Outcome | Number of Votes |
|---|
| Yes | 24,757 |
| No | 29,754 |
| Rejected | 50 |
Falkirk West
| Outcome | Number of Votes |
|---|
| Yes | 25,732 |
| No | 28,276 |
| Rejected | 57 |
It is important to note that while ballot boxes from polling stations were allocated
and counted by area (based on Scottish Parliamentary constituencies) this was not
the case for postal ballot boxes which were distributed evenly across the two counting
areas. Postal ballot boxes would, therefore, have contained votes from any area.
As postal ballot papers accounted for 14.5% of all votes cast, the figures given
in the tables above can provide only a broad indication of the voting outcomes in
each of the areas.