Over 92 pct vote in favor of independence of Iraq's Kurdish region: electoral commission

ERBIL, Iraq, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The electoral commission of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan announced Wednesday the final results of a referendum showed 92.73 percent of voters support independence of the Kurdish region from Iraq.

The results showed that 2.86 million voters, out of a total of 3.31 million voters who participated in the referendum, voted "yes" to independence of the Kurdish region, the commission said.

Only 7.27 percent of the voters said "no" to the independence of the Kurdish region, it added.