Doc re. AGM Results

Cairn Energy PLC
20 April 2006





FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                                                   20 April 2006


                                CAIRN ENERGY PLC


                    Voting Results of Annual General Meeting


The Company's Annual General Meeting was held today at 50 Lothian Road,
Edinburgh, EH3 9BY. All resolutions put to the Meeting were passed unanimously
on a show of hands.


The proxy votes received prior to the Meeting in respect of each of the
resolutions is detailed in the table below:-

           For          Discretionary  Against        Abstain/      Total
                                                   Vote Withheld
  1    112,942,801         16,020      229,375        377,569    113,565,765
  2    111,041,555         16,420    2,124,574        383,216    113,565,765
  3    112,346,626         16,020      825,550        377,569    113,565,765
  4    112,327,684         16,570      843,745        377,766    113,565,765
  5    112,327,817         16,570      843,612        377,766    113,565,765
  6    112,332,808         16,570      838,621        377,766    113,565,765
  7    110,088,963         16,570    1,173,744      2,286,488    113,565,765
  8    112,270,848         17,731      897,740        379,446    113,565,765
  9    107,885,756         21,103    5,658,926             70    113,565,765
 10    112,159,883         17,613      839,630        548,639    113,565,765










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