HONG KONG ELECTION

8/12/2025 7:43

A total of more than 1.3 million voters cast their ballots in the Legislative Council's Geographical Constituencies, producing a final turnout rate of 31.9 percent, the government announced after Sunday's poll closed at 11.30pm.



The rate is 1.7 percentage points higher than the 2021 election, though the cumulative number of voters fell by 32,998.



Among the 10 geographical constituencies, New Territories South West recorded the highest turnout at 32.69 percent, with nearly 154,000 registered voters having cast their ballots.



It was followed by New Territories South East and New Territories North West, both at 32.64 percent with over 140,000 voters each.



Kowloon East recorded a 32.54 percent turnout.In the Election Committee constituency, 1,458 out of 1,466 registered electors voted, yielding a 99.45 percent turnout rate.



For functional constituencies, the cumulative turnout was 40.09 percent with 76,942 voters.



Two sectors – Commercial (Third) and Technology and Innovation – saw 100 percent participation. Several other functional constituencies, including deputies to the National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference members, fisheries and agriculture, and catering, all recorded turnout rates exceeding 96 percent.