Legislative Council Election voter turnout (0930)
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     The voter turnout figures for the 2012 Legislative Council Election as at 9.30am today (September 9) are as follows:

                             Aggregate    Aggregate
Geographical                 Voter        Turnout
Constituencies   Electorate  Turnout      Rate (%)
--------------   ----------  ---------    ---------
Hong Kong          606,678     23,198        3.82
Island

Kowloon West       437,968     17,617        4.02

Kowloon East       559,528     24,151        4.32

New                987,333     37,743        3.82
Territories
West

New                874,694     32,360        3.70
Territories
East

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Total            3,466,201    135,069        3.90

                             Aggregate    Aggregate
Functional                   Voter        Turnout
Constituencies   Electorate  Turnout      Rate (%)
--------------   ----------  ---------    ---------
Agriculture         156          36          23.08
and Fisheries

Education        92,957       4,825           5.19

Legal             6,482         278           4.29

Accountancy      25,174         927           3.68

Medical          10,888         670           6.15

Health           37,556       1,585           4.22
Services

Engineering       9,172         527           5.75

Architectural,    6,781         257           3.79
Surveying and
Planning

Social Welfare   14,093         698           4.95

Tourism           1,230          83           6.75

Financial           564          33           5.85
Services

Sports,           2,395         178           7.43
Performing Arts,
Culture and
Publication

Textiles and      2,844         145           5.10
Garment

Information       6,687         359           5.37
Technology

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Total           216,979      10,601           4.89

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

                Aggregate Voter   Aggregate Turnout
Electorate          Turnout           Rate (%)
----------      ---------------   -----------------
3,219,755           123,592            3.84

     The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.

Ends/Sunday, September 9, 2012
Issued at HKT 10:35

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