(CNN) -- Residents of the Falkland Islands voted overwhelmingly to remain a British Overseas Territory, an official said late Monday. The question put to voters was: "Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom?" More than 99% of voters said yes, according to Darren Christie, public relations manager for the Falklands Islands government. Just three people voted no. Turnout was 92%. "Speaks for itself, I think," Christie said about the vote. Monday marked the final day of a two-day referendum on the disputed Falkland Islands, which Argentinians call Las Malvinas.
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NEW: More than 99% of voters said they want the Falkland Islands to remain a territory
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NEW: Turnout was 92%; "Speaks for itself," says an island official
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Argentina, which knows the islands as Las Malvinas, disputes British sovereignty
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Britain and Argentina went to war over the South Atlantic territory in 1982
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