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The voter turnout figures for the 2008 Legislative Council election as at 7.30pm today (September 7) are as follows:
Aggregate Aggregate
Geographical Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Hong Kong
Island 627,657 236,249 37.64
Kowloon West 440,335 156,529 35.55
Kowloon East 540,649 179,819 33.26
New
Territories
West 943,161 290,439 30.79
New
Territories
East 820,205 260,722 31.79
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Total 3,372,007 1,123,758 33.33
Aggregate Aggregate
Functional Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Insurance 144 93 64.58
Transport 178 135 75.84
Education 90,693 38,969 42.97
Legal 6,111 2,758 45.13
Accountancy 22,276 10,281 46.15
Medical 10,606 5,094 48.03
Health
Services 36,968 12,677 34.29
Engineering 8,323 4,032 48.44
Architectural,
Surveying
and Planning 6,147 2,763 44.95
Social Welfare 12,519 5,879 46.96
Tourism 1,261 715 56.70
Commercial
(First) 1,040 548 52.69
Textiles
and Garment 3,710 1,558 41.99
Wholesale
and Retail 6,074 2,281 37.55
Information
Technology 5,749 3,109 54.08
District
Council 428 346 80.84
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Total 212,227 91,238 42.99
The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.
Ends/Sunday, September 7, 2008
Issued at HKT 20:01
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