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The voter turnout figures for the 2008 Legislative Council election as at 9.30pm today (September 7) are as follows:
Aggregate Aggregate
Geographical Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Hong Kong
Island 627,657 282,816 45.06
Kowloon West 440,335 187,512 42.58
Kowloon East 540,649 215,773 39.91
New
Territories
West 943,161 356,200 37.77
New
Territories
East 820,205 320,915 39.13
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Total 3,372,007 1,363,216 40.43
Aggregate Aggregate
Functional Voter Turnout
Constituencies Electorate Turnout Rate (%)
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Insurance 144 107 74.31
Transport 178 152 85.39
Education 90,693 48,053 52.98
Legal 6,111 3,355 54.90
Accountancy 22,276 12,374 55.55
Medical 10,606 6,100 57.51
Health
Services 36,968 15,677 42.41
Engineering 8,323 4,912 59.02
Architectural,
Surveying
and Planning 6,147 3,476 56.55
Social Welfare 12,519 7,355 58.75
Tourism 1,261 836 66.30
Commercial
(First) 1,040 636 61.15
Textiles
and Garment 3,710 1,866 50.30
Wholesale
and Retail 6,074 2,756 45.37
Information
Technology 5,749 3,726 64.81
District
Council 428 387 90.42
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Total 212,227 111,768 52.66
The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.
Ends/Sunday, September 7, 2008
Issued at HKT 22:10
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