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The voter turnout figures for the 2008 Legislative Council election as at 12.30pm today (September 7) are as follows:
Aggregate Aggregate
Geographical Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Hong Kong
Island 627,657 81,841 13.04
Kowloon West 440,335 56,267 12.78
Kowloon East 540,649 63,050 11.66
New
Territories
West 943,161 106,576 11.30
New
Territories
East 820,205 88,935 10.84
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Total 3,372,007 396,669 11.76
Aggregate Aggregate
Functional Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Insurance 144 36 25.00
Transport 178 59 33.15
Education 90,693 13,156 14.51
Legal 6,111 880 14.40
Accountancy 22,276 3,397 15.25
Medical 10,606 1,931 18.21
Health
Services 36,968 4,214 11.40
Engineering 8,323 1,412 16.97
Architectural,
Surveying
and Planning 6,147 895 14.56
Social Welfare 12,519 1,878 15.00
Tourism 1,261 244 19.35
Commercial
(First) 1,040 192 18.46
Textiles
and Garment 3,710 528 14.23
Wholesale
and Retail 6,074 1,000 16.46
Information
Technology 5,749 1,075 18.70
District
Council 428 188 43.93
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Total 212,227 31,085 14.65
The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.
Ends/Sunday, September 7, 2008
Issued at HKT 13:00
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