2011 Village Representative Election: Overall turnout rate (with photos)
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     The first polling day of 2011 Village Representative Election ended at 7pm today (January 2).  

     A total of 223 candidates from 71 villages contested for 115 seats, including 75 Indigenous Inhabitants Representatives (IIR) and 40 Resident Representatives (RR), in the IIR and RR Elections.

     A total of 11,962 out of the 18,640 registered voters cast their votes, representing an overall turnout of 64.17 per cent.

Ends/Sunday, January 2, 2011
Issued at HKT 20:46

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