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The voter turnout figures for the 2008 Legislative Council election as at 3.30pm today (September 7) are as follows:
Aggregate Aggregate
Geographical Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Hong Kong
Island 627,657 145,135 23.12
Kowloon West 440,335 94,119 21.37
Kowloon East 540,649 111,554 20.63
New
Territories
West 943,161 177,997 18.87
New
Territories
East 820,205 153,457 18.71
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Total 3,372,007 682,262 20.23
Aggregate Aggregate
Functional Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Insurance 144 60 41.67
Transport 178 104 58.43
Education 90,693 23,746 26.18
Legal 6,111 1,640 26.84
Accountancy 22,276 6,445 28.93
Medical 10,606 3,185 30.03
Health
Services 36,968 7,631 20.64
Engineering 8,323 2,588 31.09
Architectural,
Surveying
and Planning 6,147 1,675 27.25
Social Welfare 12,519 3,548 28.34
Tourism 1,261 461 36.56
Commercial
(First) 1,040 341 32.79
Textiles
and Garment 3,710 958 25.82
Wholesale
and Retail 6,074 1,543 25.40
Information
Technology 5,749 1,942 33.78
District
Council 428 280 65.42
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Total 212,227 56,147 26.46
The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.
Ends/Sunday, September 7, 2008
Issued at HKT 15:57
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