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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 (%)
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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 (%)
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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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