2007 Village Representative Elections: Overall turnout rate
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    The eighth polling day of 2007 Village Representative Elections ended at 7pm today (January 28).  

     A total of 78 candidates from 23 villages contested for 39 seats, including 25 Indigenous Inhabitants Representatives (IIR) and 14 Resident Representatives (RR), in the IIR and RR Elections.

     A total of 6,651 out of the 9,232 registered voters cast their votes, representing an overall turnout of 72.04 per cent.

Ends/Sunday, January 28, 2007
Issued at HKT 20:24

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