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The voter turnout figures for the 2008 Legislative Council election as at 8.30pm today (September 7) are as follows:
Aggregate Aggregate
Geographical Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Hong Kong
Island 627,657 258,434 41.17
Kowloon West 440,335 171,745 39.00
Kowloon East 540,649 196,666 36.38
New
Territories
West 943,161 320,667 34.00
New
Territories
East 820,205 288,771 35.21
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Total 3,372,007 1,236,283 36.66
Aggregate Aggregate
Functional Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Insurance 144 103 71.53
Transport 178 146 82.02
Education 90,693 43,216 47.65
Legal 6,111 3,067 50.19
Accountancy 22,276 11,291 50.69
Medical 10,606 5,579 52.60
Health
Services 36,968 14,013 37.91
Engineering 8,323 4,440 53.35
Architectural,
Surveying
and Planning 6,147 3,085 50.19
Social Welfare 12,519 6,596 52.69
Tourism 1,261 769 60.98
Commercial
(First) 1,040 596 57.31
Textiles
and Garment 3,710 1,701 45.85
Wholesale
and Retail 6,074 2,501 41.18
Information
Technology 5,749 3,417 59.44
District
Council 428 361 84.35
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Total 212,227 100,881 47.53
The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.
Ends/Sunday, September 7, 2008
Issued at HKT 21:02
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