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2019 Village Representative Election: Overall turnout rate (with photo)
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     The first polling day of 2019 Village Representative Election ended at 7pm today (January 6).

     A total of 404 candidates from 123 villages contested for 202 seats, including 135 Indigenous Inhabitant Representatives and 67 Resident Representatives.

     A total of 22 498 out of the 36 976 registered voters cast their votes, representing an overall turnout of 60.84 per cent.
 
Ends/Sunday, January 6, 2019
Issued at HKT 21:50
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The 2019 Rural Ordinary Election starts today (January 6). The Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission, Mr Justice Barnabas Fung Wah (third left), and Commission member Mr Arthur Luk, SC (second left) visit the ballot paper sorting station at Hin Keng Neighbourhood Community Centre, Sha Tin.