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The voter turnout figures for the 2008 Legislative Council election as at 9.30am today (September 7) are as follows:
Aggregate Aggregate
Geographical Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Hong Kong
Island 627,657 20,665 3.29
Kowloon West 440,335 14,769 3.35
Kowloon East 540,649 18,000 3.33
New
Territories
West 943,161 27,745 2.94
New
Territories
East 820,205 22,362 2.73
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Total 3,372,007 103,541 3.07
Aggregate Aggregate
Functional Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Insurance 144 12 8.33
Transport 178 19 10.67
Education 90,693 3,317 3.66
Legal 6,111 204 3.34
Accountancy 22,276 713 3.20
Medical 10,606 644 6.07
Health
Services 36,968 1,026 2.78
Engineering 8,323 333 4.00
Architectural,
Surveying
and Planning 6,147 186 3.03
Social Welfare 12,519 505 4.03
Tourism 1,261 70 5.55
Commercial
(First) 1,040 48 4.62
Textiles
and Garment 3,710 107 2.88
Wholesale
and Retail 6,074 286 4.71
Information
Technology 5,749 236 4.11
District
Council 428 108 25.23
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Total 212,227 7,814 3.68
The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.
Ends/Sunday, September 7, 2008
Issued at HKT 10:04
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