A total of 419,240 Montenegrins, representing 86.5% of the total electorate, cast their votes on independence in an internationally monitored referendum on held on on May 21, 2006.
230,661 votes or 55.5% are for independence and 185,002 votes or 44.5% are against.
The 45,659 difference narrowly surpasses the 55% threshold needed to validate the referendum under rules set by the European Union.
According to the electoral commission, the 55% threshold had been passed by only twenty-three hundred votes.