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The voter turnout figures for the 2008 Legislative Council election as at 8.30am today (September 7) are as follows:
Aggregate Aggregate
Geographical Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Hong Kong
Island 627,657 6,983 1.11
Kowloon West 440,335 4,998 1.14
Kowloon East 540,649 5,589 1.03
New
Territories
West 943,161 9,701 1.03
New
Territories
East 820,205 7,742 0.94
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Total 3,372,007 35,013 1.04
Aggregate Aggregate
Functional Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Insurance 144 6 4.17
Transport 178 7 3.93
Education 90,693 1,130 1.25
Legal 6,111 86 1.41
Accountancy 22,276 252 1.13
Medical 10,606 283 2.67
Health
Services 36,968 371 1.00
Engineering 8,323 129 1.55
Architectural,
Surveying
and Planning 6,147 65 1.06
Social Welfare 12,519 197 1.57
Tourism 1,261 25 1.98
Commercial
(First) 1,040 20 1.92
Textiles
and Garment 3,710 41 1.11
Wholesale
and Retail 6,074 96 1.58
Information
Technology 5,749 82 1.43
District
Council 428 74 17.29
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Total 212,227 2,864 1.35
The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.
Ends/Sunday, September 7, 2008
Issued at HKT 09:33
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