2007 Village Representative Elections: Overall turnout rate
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    The fifth polling day of 2007 Village Representative Elections ended at 7pm today (January 20).

     A total of 34 candidates from 15 villages contested for 19 seats, including 12 Indigenous Inhabitants Representatives (IIR) and 7 Resident Representatives (RR), in the IIR and RR Elections.

     A total of 2,158 out of the 3,078 registered voters cast their votes, representing an overall turnout of 70.11 per cent.

Ends/Saturday, January 20, 2007
Issued at HKT 20:28

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