UNOFFICIAL RESULTS OF ADVISORY REFERENDUM IN ZAGREB COUNTY

ZAGREB, June 3 (Hina) - Unofficial results of an advisory referendum in Zagreb County showed that 51.37 per cent of the vote was in favour of the City of Zagreb remaining part of Zagreb County, the government referendum commission said on Monday. The commission said that results from 99.56 per cent of polling stations had been processed and that 19.20 per cent of the electorate participated in the Sunday vote. It said that 66.18 per cent of Zagreb City residents who had turned out for the vote wanted the City to form a separate territorial and administrative unit while 81.16 per cent of the vote in the so-called Zagreb belt was in favour of the City remaining within the County. The voter turnout in Zagreb City was 15.75 per cent while in the Zagreb belt it was 30.66 per cent. (hina) vm 031121 MET jun 96