NEW : More than 99 % of voters said they want the Falkland Islands to remain a territory . NEW : Turnout was 92 % ; `` Speaks for itself , '' says an island official . Comment: `` The Argentines on the Islands were expelled by the Royal Navy and the United Kingdom subsequently began a population implantation process similar to that applied to other territories under colonial rule , '' she wrote . Britain and Argentina went to war over the South Atlantic territory in 1982 .
NEW : More than 99 % of voters said they want the Falkland Islands to remain a territory . NEW : Turnout was 92 % ; `` Speaks for itself , '' says an island official . Comment: Britain and Argentina went to war over the South Atlantic territory in 1982 .