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Friday, 11 November 2011

The 2018 Commonwealth Games readers' poll has now closed, the results are shown below.

A decision on who will be awarded the 2018 games is expected at approximately 22:00 GMT today. To get the news as it breaks, sign up for our free e-alert service here or follow us on twitter (@insidethegames) for updates throughout the day.

Results
Poll opened - October 10, 13:30
Poll closed - November 11, 09:00
Total votes - 83,312

Gold Coast - 85.3% (71,062 votes)

Hambantota - 14.7% (12,250 votes)

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