page_title: Results of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
section_title: Northern Ireland
hierarchical_section_title: Results of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum / Northern Ireland
context_page_description: The 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum took place in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar on 23 June 2016. Membership of the European Union had been a topic of debate in the United Kingdom since the country joined the European Communities in 1973. This referendum was conducted very differently from the European Communities membership referendum in 1975; a more localised and regionalised counting procedure was used, and the ballot was overseen by the Electoral Commission, a public body which did not exist at the time of the first vote.
  Under the provisions of the European Union Referendum Act 2015, there were a total of 382 voting areas across twelve regions, using the same boundaries as used in European Parliamentary elections since 1999, under the provisions of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002, with votes counted at local authority level. In England the 326 local government districts were used as the voting areas; these consist of all unitary authorities, all metropolitan boroughs, all shire districts, the London boroughs, the City of London and the Isles of Scilly.
context_section_description: Northern Ireland was a single voting area, as well as being a regional count although local totals were announced in each of the Westminister parliamentary constituency areas within Northern Ireland.
  Northern Ireland local totals by Parliamentary constituencies.
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