Final results in last weekend's banned Catalan referendum on independence from Spain showed "yes" votes winning 90.18 percent of votes cast against 7.83 percent of "no" votes. <br/>'<br/>The Catalan regional government put voter turnout at nearly 2.3 million people, or around 43 percent of registered voters.<br/>'<br/><br/>The referendum was declared illegal by the Spanish government and courts. Catalans who favour remaining part of Spain mainly boycotted the ballot and many polling stations were closed.<br/>