The results of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Bougainvillean_independence_referendum" id="mwAbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum">2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum</a> are announced. The results are overwhelmingly one-sided. Over 98% of voters vote for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_Region_of_Bougainville" id="mwAbU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Autonomous Region of Bougainville">Bougainville</a>'s independence.<sup about="#mwt93" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-17"}}' id="cite_ref-17" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_11#cite_note-17" id="mwAbY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAbc">[17]</span></a></sup>
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