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4 March 2011
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Initial figures suggest turnout will be low in the Welsh assembly powers referendum, with the counting process well under way.
The first official turnout figure is from Merthyr, at 29%, with unofficial reports of about 30% in Flintshire, lower in Newport, 32% in Blaenau Gwent.
But there are reports that it is higher in Carmarthenshire, at 44%.
Voters went to the polls on Thursday to decide whether the assembly should have direct law-making powers.
BBC Wales referendum live events page
Verification of papers began at 0900 GMT and the first results are expected to be announced at about lunchtime from the assembly, the Senedd.
A Yes vote would give the assembly direct law-making powers over 20 devolved policy fields.
Continue reading the main story BBC referendum results coverage
Website: The News website includes a live events page, continually updated as counting goes on.
TV: Referendum 2011 - The Result, presented by Jamie Owen, will be on BBC One Wales from 1030 - 1300 GMT. It will switch to BBC Two Wales from 1300 - 1345 GMT, and back to BBC One Wales until after the final result. S4C will show Refferendwm 2011 from 1030 - 1600 GMT.
Radio: There is also coverage from 1030 GMT - 1500 GMT on BBC Radio Wales and 1105 - 1530 GMT on BBC Radio Cymru.
But an opinion poll for BBC Wales has found almost half of potential voters felt they lacked enough information to make an informed decision.
A No vote would keep the current system where the assembly asks parliament for powers to be transferred to Cardiff on a case-by-case basis.
Some 2.2m people were eligible to vote.
Counting will take place in 22 regional centres with the votes collated in the Senedd where the electoral commissioner for Wales will announce the final result.
Nigel Bull of True Wales, the group which campaigned for a No vote, told BBC Radio Wales they had "probably not" won.
"I'm not conceding defeat," he added.
"We did our very very best. We came into this without any organisation against four party machines who were used to running campaigns."
Former First Minister Rhodri Morgan said it was "quite possible" it was going to be "a very low turnout."
But he said that would make "no difference really" to the legitimacy of the vote.
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No and Yes campaigners gave their views about the referendum
"It's nice to get a big turnout but turnouts on constitutional referenda of this nature generally are pretty low," he added.
"The rules are... you've got to get past the hurdle of a majority of people voting in favour.
"Provided the people of Wales have not rejected it, then it just happens and that's it."
Assembly Presiding Officer Lord Elis-Thomas said he was not happy with the level of debate, and had spoken to many young voters who did not have enough information.
Lord Elis-Thomas said a House of Lords committee had recommended that referenda should be on "fundamental matters", but this vote was about a question "cobbled" together by the Labour Party.
Plaid Cymru leader and Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones claimed the response was "great" on polling day and people wanted the assembly "to have the right tools to get on with the job".
Western Mail chief reporter Martin Shipton said: "It's perfectly clear that there's going to be a yes vote, probably with a majority of about two-to-one."
A poll conducted by ICM in the days leading up to the referendum found 48% of respondents said they had not received enough information. Exactly half said that they had.
The finding follows the decision by True Wales not to apply to become the official No campaign. That prevented either side from using broadcast slots and free Royal Mail deliveries to set out their case.
The ICM poll suggests an assembly with law-making and some taxation powers remains the most popular option for the way Wales is governed - 35% supported an assembly with law-making and tax-varying powers.
Eighteen per cent supported the sort of law-making assembly without taxation powers that will exist if a Yes vote is declared on Friday, while 17% want the assembly to continue as it is.
Independence was favoured by 16%, and 15% wanted the assembly abolished.
The poll also asked what sort of government voters wanted to see after May's assembly election. After four years of coalition between Labour and Plaid Cymru, 61% would prefer to see a single party majority back in power and 33% backed another coalition.
ICM interviewed 1,003 adults on 1 and 2 March.
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The first official turnout figure is from Merthyr, at 29%, with unofficial reports of about 30% in Flintshire, lower in Newport, 32% in Blaenau Gwent.
But there are reports that it is higher in Carmarthenshire, at 44%.
Voters went to the polls on Thursday to decide whether the assembly should have direct law-making powers.
BBC Wales referendum live events page
Verification of papers began at 0900 GMT and the first results are expected to be announced at about lunchtime from the assembly, the Senedd.
A Yes vote would give the assembly direct law-making powers over 20 devolved policy fields.
Continue reading the main story BBC referendum results coverage
Website: The News website includes a live events page, continually updated as counting goes on.
TV: Referendum 2011 - The Result, presented by Jamie Owen, will be on BBC One Wales from 1030 - 1300 GMT. It will switch to BBC Two Wales from 1300 - 1345 GMT, and back to BBC One Wales until after the final result. S4C will show Refferendwm 2011 from 1030 - 1600 GMT.
Radio: There is also coverage from 1030 GMT - 1500 GMT on BBC Radio Wales and 1105 - 1530 GMT on BBC Radio Cymru.
But an opinion poll for BBC Wales has found almost half of potential voters felt they lacked enough information to make an informed decision.
A No vote would keep the current system where the assembly asks parliament for powers to be transferred to Cardiff on a case-by-case basis.
Some 2.2m people were eligible to vote.
Counting will take place in 22 regional centres with the votes collated in the Senedd where the electoral commissioner for Wales will announce the final result.
Nigel Bull of True Wales, the group which campaigned for a No vote, told BBC Radio Wales they had "probably not" won.
"I'm not conceding defeat," he added.
"We did our very very best. We came into this without any organisation against four party machines who were used to running campaigns."
Former First Minister Rhodri Morgan said it was "quite possible" it was going to be "a very low turnout."
But he said that would make "no difference really" to the legitimacy of the vote.
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play.No and Yes campaigners gave their views about the referendum
"It's nice to get a big turnout but turnouts on constitutional referenda of this nature generally are pretty low," he added.
"The rules are... you've got to get past the hurdle of a majority of people voting in favour.
"Provided the people of Wales have not rejected it, then it just happens and that's it."
Assembly Presiding Officer Lord Elis-Thomas said he was not happy with the level of debate, and had spoken to many young voters who did not have enough information.
Lord Elis-Thomas said a House of Lords committee had recommended that referenda should be on "fundamental matters", but this vote was about a question "cobbled" together by the Labour Party.
Plaid Cymru leader and Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones claimed the response was "great" on polling day and people wanted the assembly "to have the right tools to get on with the job".
Western Mail chief reporter Martin Shipton said: "It's perfectly clear that there's going to be a yes vote, probably with a majority of about two-to-one."
A poll conducted by ICM in the days leading up to the referendum found 48% of respondents said they had not received enough information. Exactly half said that they had.
The finding follows the decision by True Wales not to apply to become the official No campaign. That prevented either side from using broadcast slots and free Royal Mail deliveries to set out their case.
The ICM poll suggests an assembly with law-making and some taxation powers remains the most popular option for the way Wales is governed - 35% supported an assembly with law-making and tax-varying powers.
Eighteen per cent supported the sort of law-making assembly without taxation powers that will exist if a Yes vote is declared on Friday, while 17% want the assembly to continue as it is.
Independence was favoured by 16%, and 15% wanted the assembly abolished.
The poll also asked what sort of government voters wanted to see after May's assembly election. After four years of coalition between Labour and Plaid Cymru, 61% would prefer to see a single party majority back in power and 33% backed another coalition.
ICM interviewed 1,003 adults on 1 and 2 March.
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