To stay or not to stay: Britain votes in historic referendum on EU

People walk past a ‘Vote Leave’ sign as they arrive to cast their ballots at a polling station in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (AFP Photo)

Updated on: Jun 24, 2016 1:37 PM IST

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People walk past a ‘Vote Leave’ sign as they arrive to cast their ballots at a polling station in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (AFP Photo)

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A non-British EU citizen, unable to vote in the EU referendum, poses wearing an EU-flag themed t-shirt outside the polling station at Greenwich Heritage Centre in London. (AFP Photo)

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Millions of Britons began voting Thursday in a bitterly-fought, knife-edge referendum that could tear up the island nation's EU membership and spark the greatest emergency of the bloc's 60-year history. (AFP Photo)

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A man shelters from the rain as he arrives at a polling station in London, as Britain holds a referendum on wether to stay in, or leave the European Union (EU). (AFP)

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A man arrives to vote at a polling station for the Referendum on the European Union in north London. (REUTERS)

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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha arrive to vote in the EU referendum in London. (AP Photo)

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A man wearing a European themed cycling jersey leaves after voting at a polling station for the Referendum on the European Union in north London. (REUTERS)

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A presiding officer (L) and poll clerk (C) drink a cup of tea while waiting for early morning voters at a polling station set up in a launderette in Headington outside Oxford. (AFP)

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Nuns leave after casting their votes at a polling station in London. (AFP)

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A man walks into a polling station to vote in the EU referendum, in Etherow country park in Stockport. (REUTERS)

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Media shelter under umbrellas as they wait for the British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha to cast their votes in the EU referendum at a polling station in London. (AP Photo)

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Police arrive to cast their votes in the EU referendum, at Broomhouse Community Hall in Glasgow. (REUTERS)

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Pro-remain campaigners from "Operation Croissant", a French pro-EU group, hand out postcards written by Parisians urging people in the UK to vote to remain in the EU, to commuters at Kings Cross Station in London. (AFP Photo)

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A sign gives voting instructions in a voting booth at a polling station for the Referendum on the European Union in north London. (REUTERS)

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Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon arrives to vote in the EU referendum, at Broomhouse Community Hall in Glasgow, Scotland. (REUTERS)