Greece chooses its future

The referendum in Greece on the terms of the agreement with the country's international creditors has come to an end. After 18.81% of the votes have been counted, the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform of Greece announced that about 60.59% of Greeks have voted against the agreement with the creditors on Greek debt. 39.41% voted for the agreement with the creditors. It is expected that the difference in the ballots will decrease.

In order for the referendum to be declared valid, at least 40% of voters on the electoral roll must vote. The turnout was 65%, Tass reports.

The total number of ballots in Greece was over 9.8 million voters. Among them, 108 thousand are 18-year-old voters, who participated in elections for the first time. The right to vote on Sunday was given only to those citizens who were in Greece. Those who were abroad could not participate in the referendum. In this regard, many Greeks came back home in order to vote.

More than 19 thousand stations were open. Only one week was spent preparing the referendum. According to the IMF, the vote passed without incident.

This time there were no traditional exit polls, due to the financial crisis and the lack of experience of conducting exit polls during referendums. The last time a referendum was held in Greece was in 1974. The current referendum in Greece is the eighth in the history of the Greek state since its formation in 1831.