Ruaí Referendum

Ruaí Referendum
Should Rídearg be an independent country?
Location	Rídearg, Gotneska
Date	22 August 2022 (2022-08-22)
Results Votes % Yes 738,161 7001225500000000000♠22.55% No 2,535,299 7001774500000000000♠77.45% Valid votes 3,273,460 7001999200000000000♠99.92% Invalid or blank votes 2,563 6998800000000000000♠0.08% Total votes 3,276,023 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 3,920,890 7001835500000000000♠83.55%
Note: saturation of colour denotes strength of vote

A referendum concerning Ruaí independence from the Kingdom of Gotneska was held on the 22 August 2022. The referendum questions was, “Should Rídearg be an independent country?”, which voters either selected “Yes” or “No”. The “No” side won in a massive landslide gathering 2,535,299 (77.4%) having voted against independence and 738,161 (22.5%) having voted in favor of independence. The turnout of 83.5% was the second largest turnout in a election only falling by 1.1% which was the first election to allow women to vote in 1898. Which had a turnout of 84.6%.

The Rídearg Independence Referendum Act of 2015 set out the arrangements for the referendum and was passed by the Ruaish Riksdag in April 2016. It was then sent to the then King John II, who had scheduled the referendum to take place in April 2018. Which was later canceled for a later date after the king had died of a heart attack. In October 2017 With Sarah II becoming Queen. Sarah II, the queen would make it a priority that she let the Ruaí People to have a election, it would be later scheduled to 22 August 2022.