(CNN) -- An overwhelming vote by residents of the Falkland Islands to remain under British rule didn't quell claims from Argentina on Tuesday. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called this week's two-day referendum a "parody" and maintained that the territory, which Argentina calls Las Malvinas, rightfully belongs to her country. "It is as if a consortium of occupiers had voted on whether to continue illegally occupying a building," she said at an event in Buenos Aires. "The results were fixed." Asked whether they wanted to remain a British Overseas Territory, more than 99% of voters who cast ballots said yes, according to a Falkland Islands government spokesman. Just three people voted no, spokesman Darren Christie said.
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NEW: Argentina's president calls the Falkland Islands referendum a "parody"
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Britain will always defend the people of the Falklands, Cameron said
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Overwhelming percentage of voters said they want the Falklands to remain a territory
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Argentina, which knows the islands as Las Malvinas, disputes British sovereignty
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@placeholder should respect the will of the islanders, he said, adding that the United Kingdom "will always be there to defend them."
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"There are three parties to this debate, not just two as @placeholder likes to pretend," the British Foreign Office said.
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On its official website, the Falklands government rejects as false the Argentinian government claim that a civilian population was expelled by @placeholder in 1833 and argues for the inhabitants' right to choose their path.