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The voter turnout figures for the 2008 Legislative Council election as at 2.30pm today (September 7) are as follows:
Aggregate Aggregate
Geographical Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Hong Kong
Island 627,657 123,682 19.71
Kowloon West 440,335 81,354 18.48
Kowloon East 540,649 96,259 17.80
New
Territories
West 943,161 154,527 16.38
New
Territories
East 820,205 132,913 16.20
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Total 3,372,007 588,735 17.46
Aggregate Aggregate
Functional Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Insurance 144 52 36.11
Transport 178 90 50.56
Education 90,693 20,033 22.09
Legal 6,111 1,388 22.71
Accountancy 22,276 5,379 24.15
Medical 10,606 2,743 25.86
Health
Services 36,968 6,506 17.60
Engineering 8,323 2,188 26.29
Architectural,
Surveying
and Planning 6,147 1,402 22.81
Social Welfare 12,519 2,999 23.96
Tourism 1,261 381 30.21
Commercial
(First) 1,040 291 27.98
Textiles
and Garment 3,710 822 22.16
Wholesale
and Retail 6,074 1,372 22.59
Information
Technology 5,749 1,656 28.81
District
Council 428 245 57.24
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Total 212,227 47,547 22.40
The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.
Ends/Sunday, September 7, 2008
Issued at HKT 14:58
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