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Following are the voter turnout figures for the District Council Election as at 10.30 pm yesterday (November 23):

                                  Aggregate   Aggregate
                                  Voter       Turnout
District             Electorate   Turnout     Rate (%)
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CENTRAL & WESTERN       81,198       35,322     43.50
WAN CHAI                56,670       20,094     35.46
EASTERN                225,772       90,524     40.10
SOUTHERN                80,813       36,594     45.28
YAU TSIM MONG           85,685       34,389     40.13
SHAM SHUI PO           119,869       52,257     43.60
KOWLOON CITY           148,213       63,014     42.52
WONG TAI SIN           177,675       81,269     45.74
KWUN TONG              215,103      102,309     47.56
TSUEN WAN              101,164       44,897     44.38
TUEN MUN               182,753       78,382     42.89
YUEN LONG              147,149       65,776     44.70
NORTH                  110,781       49,416     44.61
TAI PO                 127,127       58,159     45.75
SAI KUNG               125,334       58,937     47.02
SHA TIN                215,317       95,856     44.52
KWAI TSING             187,150       83,909     44.84
ISLANDS                 30,305       15,269     50.38
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             Total   2,418,078    1,066,373     44.10

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