Brexit: Busy period for results to be between 2-4 GMT - RBC

Sam Hill, CFA, Senior UK Economist at RBC, notes that the busy period for results is expected to be between 3-5am BST (2-4 GMT).

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 - Results will come in slowly at first; just 18 of 382 ‘local counting areas’ representing around 5% of voters are expected to have declared before 2am BST on 24 June. 

- The busy period for results is expected to be between 3-5am BST at the end of which over three-quarters of the votes are anticipated to have been counted and declared. 

- It is likely to be after 7am BST on 24 June when a final national result is confirmed, even if that eventual outcome may become apparent before that based on the early results