Preliminary results show that the majority of the people of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) on Monday, February 20 voted in favor of constitutional changes.

The proposed constitutional amendments -- already endorsed by at least 25% of registered voters -- are likely to see Karabakh's form of governance change from semi-presidential to fully presidential.

As of 3am on Tuesday, 87,55 % voted in favor and 9.7% turned down the amendments.

According to deputy chairman of Referendum Central Commission Yeghishe Arzoumanyan, 79,314 citizens or 76.44 % out of 103,766 - the total number of eligible voters - participated in the poll on Monday.

The final results are expected to be unveiled on Tuesday evening when all the votes are counted.