Legislative Council Election voter turnout (1430)
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     The voter turnout figures for the 2012 Legislative Council Election as at 2.30pm today (September 9) are as follows:

                             Aggregate    Aggregate
Geographical                 Voter        Turnout
Constituencies   Electorate  Turnout      Rate (%)
--------------   ----------  ---------    ---------
Hong Kong          606,678    138,868       22.89
Island

Kowloon West       437,968    100,959       23.05

Kowloon East       559,528    125,010       22.34

New                987,333    208,907       21.16
Territories
West

New                874,694    190,953       21.83
Territories
East

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Total            3,466,201    764,697       22.06

                             Aggregate    Aggregate
Functional                   Voter        Turnout
Constituencies   Electorate  Turnout      Rate (%)
--------------   ----------  ---------    ---------
Agriculture         156          97          62.18
and Fisheries

Education        92,957      26,530          28.54

Legal             6,482       1,855          28.62

Accountancy      25,174       6,973          27.70

Medical          10,888       2,965          27.23

Health           37,556       8,902          23.70
Services

Engineering       9,172       3,058          33.34

Architectural,    6,781       1,935          28.54
Surveying and
Planning

Social Welfare   14,093       4,224          29.97

Tourism           1,230         465          37.80

Financial           564         214          37.94
Services

Sports,           2,395         911          38.04
Performing Arts,
Culture and
Publication

Textiles and      2,844         929          32.67
Garment

Information       6,687       2,260          33.80
Technology

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Total           216,979      61,318          28.26

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

                Aggregate Voter   Aggregate Turnout
Electorate          Turnout           Rate (%)
----------      ---------------   -----------------
3,219,755           697,701           21.67

     The voter turnout figures are for temporary reference only.

Ends/Sunday, September 9, 2012
Issued at HKT 15:09

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