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The voter turnout figures for the 2008 Legislative Council election as at 11.30am today (September 7) are as follows:
Aggregate Aggregate
Geographical Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Hong Kong
Island 627,657 60,467 9.63
Kowloon West 440,335 42,205 9.58
Kowloon East 540,649 49,113 9.08
New
Territories
West 943,161 80,799 8.57
New
Territories
East 820,205 65,015 7.93
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Total 3,372,007 297,599 8.83
Aggregate Aggregate
Functional Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Insurance 144 26 18.06
Transport 178 45 25.28
Education 90,693 9,783 10.79
Legal 6,111 626 10.24
Accountancy 22,276 2,350 10.55
Medical 10,606 1,481 13.96
Health
Services 36,968 3,039 8.22
Engineering 8,323 1,014 12.18
Architectural,
Surveying
and Planning 6,147 625 10.17
Social Welfare 12,519 1,344 10.74
Tourism 1,261 163 12.93
Commercial
(First) 1,040 137 13.17
Textiles
and Garment 3,710 383 10.32
Wholesale
and Retail 6,074 768 12.64
Information
Technology 5,749 775 13.48
District
Council 428 162 37.85
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Total 212,227 22,721 10.71
The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.
Ends/Sunday, September 7, 2008
Issued at HKT 12:02
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