Four million people register to vote in independence referendum 11/9/14
► Surge in Western Isles postal vote applications
A total of 4,285,323 people have registered to vote in the Scottish Independence Referendum on Thursday 18 September, making it the largest electorate ever in Scotland for an election or referendum.
The total electorate figure for the whole of Scotland includes 789,024 people who have applied for a postal vote – the largest volume of registration for postal votes ever in Scotland.
The increase in the electorate reflects the scale of interest in the referendum.
For the Western Isles, a total of 22,908 people are registered to vote.
Of these, some 5,125 have a postal vote which includes the 31 islanders who have asked for a postal proxy vote.
443 islanders have asked for a proxy vote.