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The voter turnout figures for the 2008 Legislative Council election as at 4.30pm today (September 7) are as follows:
Aggregate Aggregate
Geographical Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Hong Kong
Island 627,657 168,736 26.88
Kowloon West 440,335 110,146 25.01
Kowloon East 540,649 129,062 23.87
New
Territories
West 943,161 206,152 21.86
New
Territories
East 820,205 179,036 21.83
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Total 3,372,007 793,132 23.52
Aggregate Aggregate
Functional Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Insurance 144 68 47.22
Transport 178 112 62.92
Education 90,693 27,440 30.26
Legal 6,111 1,957 32.02
Accountancy 22,276 7,406 33.25
Medical 10,606 3,660 34.51
Health
Services 36,968 8,937 24.17
Engineering 8,323 2,937 35.29
Architectural,
Surveying
and Planning 6,147 1,959 31.87
Social Welfare 12,519 4,056 32.40
Tourism 1,261 523 41.48
Commercial
(First) 1,040 398 38.27
Textiles
and Garment 3,710 1,100 29.65
Wholesale
and Retail 6,074 1,725 28.40
Information
Technology 5,749 2,249 39.12
District
Council 428 296 69.16
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Total 212,227 64,823 30.54
The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.
Ends/Sunday, September 7, 2008
Issued at HKT 16:57
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