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The voter turnout figures for the 2008 Legislative Council election as at 1.30pm today (September 7) are as follows:
Aggregate Aggregate
Geographical Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Hong Kong
Island 627,657 102,020 16.25
Kowloon West 440,335 68,102 15.47
Kowloon East 540,649 75,636 13.99
New
Territories
West 943,161 130,077 13.79
New
Territories
East 820,205 110,510 13.47
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Total 3,372,007 486,345 14.42
Aggregate Aggregate
Functional Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Insurance 144 44 30.56
Transport 178 78 43.82
Education 90,693 16,375 18.06
Legal 6,111 1,116 18.26
Accountancy 22,276 4,376 19.64
Medical 10,606 2,304 21.72
Health
Services 36,968 5,365 14.51
Engineering 8,323 1,768 21.24
Architectural,
Surveying
and Planning 6,147 1,140 18.55
Social Welfare 12,519 2,436 19.46
Tourism 1,261 312 24.74
Commercial
(First) 1,040 245 23.56
Textiles
and Garment 3,710 682 18.38
Wholesale
and Retail 6,074 1,183 19.48
Information
Technology 5,749 1,315 22.87
District
Council 428 216 50.47
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Total 212,227 38,955 18.36
The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.
Ends/Sunday, September 7, 2008
Issued at HKT 14:01
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