90% of the 2.26 million Catalans who voted on Sunday voted in favour of independence, according to preliminary results released by the region's government. The region has 5.3 million voters. Officials said 770,000 votes were lost due to disruption which resulted in polling stations being raided by Spanish police.

Carles Puigdemont, Catalan's leader, announced in a televised statement that the region had earned the right to become an independent state and that results would be passed the region's parliament in the coming days.

This video of Madrid thugs stomping on people attempting to vote is worth a replay