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The voter turnout figures for the 2008 Legislative Council election as at 10.30am today (September 7) are as follows:
Aggregate Aggregate
Geographical Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Hong Kong
Island 627,657 38,052 6.06
Kowloon West 440,335 27,200 6.18
Kowloon East 540,649 33,100 6.12
New
Territories
West 943,161 51,948 5.51
New
Territories
East 820,205 40,564 4.95
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Total 3,372,007 190,864 5.66
Aggregate Aggregate
Functional Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Insurance 144 15 10.42
Transport 178 31 17.42
Education 90,693 6,059 6.68
Legal 6,111 374 6.12
Accountancy 22,276 1,342 6.02
Medical 10,606 1,050 9.90
Health
Services 36,968 1,836 4.97
Engineering 8,323 606 7.28
Architectural,
Surveying
and Planning 6,147 374 6.08
Social Welfare 12,519 859 6.86
Tourism 1,261 106 8.41
Commercial
(First) 1,040 82 7.88
Textiles
and Garment 3,710 228 6.15
Wholesale
and Retail 6,074 486 8.00
Information
Technology 5,749 446 7.76
District
Council 428 136 31.78
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Total 212,227 14,030 6.61
The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.
Ends/Sunday, September 7, 2008
Issued at HKT 10:51
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