There were 211,018 votes cast for secession, against just 3,650 for continued unity with the north.

Preliminary results from landmark referendum on South Sudan secession shows that most of the states vote in favor of separation.

South Sudan’ capital, Juba, which hopes to become the world's newest national capital opted 97.5 percent for break away, preliminary results from a landmark vote showed on Wednesday.
Full preliminary results from a number of the south's 10 states even showed landslides for secession as high as 99 percent.

In Lakes state, centered on Rumbek town which served as rebel headquarters during a 1983-2005 civil war with the north, 298,216 of the 300,444 votes cast were for independence, a whopping 99.924 percent of the total.
Just 227 opted to remain united with the north -- 0.076 percent of the total -- with the balance made up by blank or invalid ballots.

In Western Bahr al-Ghazal state, home of one of the south's three big cities, Wau, 153,839 of 162,594 votes cast were for secession, 94.6 percent of the total. There were just 7,237 votes for continued union.

In Unity state, the south's main oil-producing area, with 472,000 votes collated, organizers reported more than 471,000 votes for seperation and a mere 91 for unity.
Yei county in the far south on the Ugandan border reported nearly 98 percent of votes cast for secession, according to its preliminary result.
In the southern capital of Juba, cheers and applause rang out as the head of Juba county referendum sub-committee, Timon Wani, announced the result.

There were 211,018 votes cast for secession, against just 3,650 for continued unity with the  north, Wani said.

The UN Security Council powers all praised the conduct of the referendum on Tuesday, after foreign observer missions endorsed its credibility.

But council members expressed concern about tensions in the disputed district of Abyei on the north-south border where dozens died in clashes earlier this month, overshadowing the week-long polling that ended on Saturday.

More than three days of fighting between migratory Misseriya nomads from the north and settled pro-southern Dinka Ngok killed between 20 and 60 people, the head of the UN Mission in Sudan, Haile Menkerios, told the council.