Legislative Council Election voter turnout (1330)
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     The voter turnout figures for the 2012 Legislative Council Election as at 1.30pm today (September 9) are as follows:

                             Aggregate    Aggregate
Geographical                 Voter        Turnout
Constituencies   Electorate  Turnout      Rate (%)
--------------   ----------  ---------    ---------
Hong Kong          606,678    116,337       19.18
Island

Kowloon West       437,968     85,354       19.49

Kowloon East       559,528    106,408       19.02

New                987,333    174,951       17.72
Territories
West

New                874,694    157,972       18.06
Territories
East

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Total            3,466,201    641,022       18.49

                             Aggregate    Aggregate
Functional                   Voter        Turnout
Constituencies   Electorate  Turnout      Rate (%)
--------------   ----------  ---------    ---------
Agriculture         156          90          57.69
and Fisheries

Education        92,957      21,909          23.57

Legal             6,482       1,547          23.87

Accountancy      25,174       5,715          22.70

Medical          10,888       2,518          23.13

Health           37,556       7,426          19.77
Services

Engineering       9,172       2,538          27.67

Architectural,    6,781       1,596          23.54
Surveying and
Planning

Social Welfare   14,093       3,423          24.29

Tourism           1,230         390          31.71

Financial           564         183          32.45
Services

Sports,           2,395         791          33.03
Performing Arts,
Culture and
Publication

Textiles and      2,844         761          26.76
Garment

Information       6,687       1,922          28.74
Technology

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Total           216,979      50,809          23.42

     Figures for the District Council (second) functional constituency are as follows:

                Aggregate Voter   Aggregate Turnout
Electorate          Turnout           Rate (%)
----------      ---------------   -----------------
3,219,755           585,339           18.18

     The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.

Ends/Sunday, September 9, 2012
Issued at HKT 14:17

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