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Legco Election voter turnout (1830)
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     The voter turnout figures for the 2008 Legislative Council election as at 6.30pm today (September 7) are as follows:

                            Aggregate     Aggregate
Geographical                Voter         Turnout
Constituencies Electorate   Turnout       Rate (%)
------------   ----------   ---------     ---------

Hong Kong
Island         627,657      213,437         34.01

Kowloon West   440,335      140,169         31.83

Kowloon East   540,649      163,067         30.16

New
Territories
West           943,161      260,960         27.67

New
Territories
East           820,205      234,941         28.64
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Total          3,372,007    1,012,574       30.03


                            Aggregate     Aggregate
Functional                  Voter         Turnout
Constituencies Electorate   Turnout       Rate (%)
------------   -----------  ---------     ---------

Insurance      144          83              57.64

Transport      178          126             70.79

Education      90,693       34,880          38.46

Legal          6,111        2,468           40.39

Accountancy    22,276       9,281           41.66

Medical        10,606       4,602           43.39

Health
Services       36,968       11,344          30.69

Engineering    8,323        3,644           43.78

Architectural,
Surveying
and Planning   6,147        2,476           40.28

Social Welfare 12,519       5,168           41.28

Tourism        1,261        641             50.83

Commercial
(First)        1,040        498             47.88

Textiles
and Garment    3,710        1,401           37.76

Wholesale
and Retail     6,074        2,082           34.28

Information
Technology     5,749        2,801           48.72

District
Council        428          327             76.40
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Total          212,227      81,822          38.55


     The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.

Ends/Sunday, September 7, 2008
Issued at HKT 19:03

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