How the votes on cannabis and euthanasia differed across the countryPosted by On

ANALYSIS: More than half a million special votes were added on Friday to the preliminary tallies in the cannabis and euthanasia referendums.

The votes shifted support for legalising cannabis from 46.1 per cent, based on the preliminary count, to a final result of 48.4 percent in favour.

The ‘no’ vote shifted from 53.1 per cent to 50.7 per cent – the barest majority.

The Electoral Commission also released new data showing how the votes fell in the referendums across the country’s 72 electorates.

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The ‘no’ vote was especially strong in east and south Auckland electorates, along with rural Canterbury.

Botany (66.1 per cent against), Pakuranga (63.2 per cent), and the new electorate of Takanini (59.8 percent) recorded the…

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