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The voter turnout figures for the 2008 Legislative Council election as at 5.30pm today (September 7) are as follows:
Aggregate Aggregate
Geographical Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Hong Kong
Island 627,657 190,496 30.35
Kowloon West 440,335 125,055 28.40
Kowloon East 540,649 145,706 26.95
New
Territories
West 943,161 233,099 24.71
New
Territories
East 820,205 208,777 25.45
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Total 3,372,007 903,133 26.78
Aggregate Aggregate
Functional Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Insurance 144 75 52.08
Transport 178 122 68.54
Education 90,693 30,975 34.15
Legal 6,111 2,207 36.12
Accountancy 22,276 8,330 37.39
Medical 10,606 4,105 38.70
Health
Services 36,968 10,110 27.35
Engineering 8,323 3,262 39.19
Architectural,
Surveying
and Planning 6,147 2,214 36.02
Social Welfare 12,519 4,559 36.42
Tourism 1,261 584 46.31
Commercial
(First) 1,040 449 43.17
Textiles
and Garment 3,710 1,252 33.75
Wholesale
and Retail 6,074 1,916 31.54
Information
Technology 5,749 2,516 43.76
District
Council 428 310 72.43
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Total 212,227 72,986 34.39
The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.
Ends/Sunday, September 7, 2008
Issued at HKT 17:53
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