It's not clear how the Island's new government will respond.
The leaders of all four political parties had said during a leaders' debate they would consider the result binding if the thresholds were reached, but it was less clear what would happen if they were not achieved.
"We think with two leaders who've come out in favour of mixed member proportional ... that they will look to strike a committee or bring in a citizens assembly to find a way to bring a proportional representation coming to the Island." It also warned the system risks creating a series of unstable, minority governments without a fair representation of rural voters.Political scientists struggled to assess the outcome of the historic vote in the lead-up to the referendum, noting the two campaigns were relatively low key.
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