“In this poll we asked people who said they didn’t know how they would vote, which way they were leaning, and re-allocated them on that basis, an adjustment that increased the position of Remain by a point”.
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The pound climbed to its highest for this year to $1.4989, from around $1.4906 just before the poll closed.
One of the final surveys, a YouGov survey, indicated a 52-48 percent advantage for the “Remain” camp, led by Prime Minister David Cameron who made a high-stakes gamble by promising the referendum in 2013.
The registered voters include Britons from England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar.
A British Election Study (BES) had found that 51.7 per cent of them were against Brexit, compared to 27.74 per cent in favour of leaving the economic bloc.
The vote on European Union membership has polarized Britons.
The first results, from England’s working-class northeast, were a smaller-than-expected “remain” win of 50.7 percent in Newcastle and a bigger-than-expecded “leave” vote of 61 percent in nearby Sunderland.
Local media said two polling stations were closed by Kingston Council because of flooding, and voters were instructed to cast their ballots at alternative locations.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage later accused Mr Cameron and the Remain campaigners of linking the MPs tragic death to the Leave Campaign. Irish and Commonwealth citizens living in the United Kingdom are also eligible to vote.
The result brings into play the SNP’s only scenario for another Scottish independence referendum that is explicitly stated in their 2016 manifesto.
However, both join mounting evidence that Remain may have won the vote amid a huge turnout surge.
The Article begins negotiations with the EU’s 27-member states for the UK’s exit.
On the opposing side, former London mayor Boris Johnson, heading the final drive for the Vote Leave campaign, had hoped Friday could mark the UK’s “independence day”.
“Out is out”, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Wednesday, dismissing any talk of a post-vote renegotiation of Britain’s membership terms.
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi meanwhile said the bank was preparing for “all possible contingencies” in the event of a vote to leave. “It’s going to have a huge impact on the country”.
If you have a medical emergency on the day, you will be able to apply for an emergency proxy vote – as long as you do so before the deadline of 5pm.
There are also fears it could prompt other European Union countries, disillusioned with how Brussels has handed the eurozone and migrant crises, to try to break away.
At the height of the row the campaign was suspended following the horrific death of Labour MP Jo Cox, who was stabbed and shot outside her constituency surgery.
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The safe-haven yen recouped early losses to stand at 104.70 per dollar, dragging Japan’s Nikkei down 0.4 percent.
