Record high turnout in HK LegCo election
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HONG KONG: More than 1.5 million people voted yesterday in a record turnout for the third Legislative Council (LegCo) elections since Hong Kong&#39;s reunification with the motherland.
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Tomorrow, some 3.2 million voters head to the polls in Hong Kong in an election that pundits predict could deliver a bloody nose to pro-Beijing politicians in the former British colony.
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Unprecedented get-out-the-vote efforts by Democrats, Republicans and a host of partisan and non-partisan groups will likely drive turnout in the Nov. 2 presidential election significantly higher than in 2000, political analysts said on Wednesday.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Vancouver residents took to the polls in record numbers Saturday and voted not to adopt a ward system used by every other major Canadian city to elect its municipal politicians.
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Results from the Legislative Council elections in Hong Kong came too late for the region&#39;s press, but papers on both sides of the political spectrum welcome the high turnout as a victory for democracy.
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Voter turnout is expected to be high in the US election, according to recent polls, and many Americans have already cast their ballots in record early voting.
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A delegation of Olympic gold medalists from the Chinese mainland arrived in Hong Kong yesterday to a lofty welcome. On a three-day visit, the 68-strong delegation includes 50 gold medal winners at the Athens Olympic Games.
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Beijing, Sep 12 (PTI) A record 3.2 million Hong Kong residents today began voting in a legislative election that may boost the standing of the pro-democracy camp, which has angered China with its unflinching demand for universal suffrage in the former
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Democratic voters flocked to Hawaii caucus sites by the thousands on Tuesday as party officials predicted a record turnout in the contest between Honolulu-born Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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According to the officials of the Central Election Commission the poll has been succesful and there were over 2 million citizens of the country votes.
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Hong Kong residents voted on Sunday in a legislative election that could bring big gains for the democracy camp, which has angered Beijing by demanding universal suffrage in the former British colony.
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Hong Kong residents voted on Sunday in a legislative election seen as a referendum on greater democracy and a test of popularity for China&#39;s communist rulers in the former British colony.
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SINGAPORE: While a majority of Hong Kong citizens likely will cast their votes for greater democracy in Sundayâs Legislative Council election, international fund managers are more concerned about maintaining the status quo.
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The racetrack and casino operator reports another record result.
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HONG KONG -- A record 1.7 million Hong Kong voters cast ballots yesterday for an election that sent a fresh contingent of prodemocracy opposition politicians to the legislature, but fewer than the outright majority feared by Beijing's allies, exit polls indicated.
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HONG KONG Turnout is brisk in Hong Kong where voters could give pro-democracy leaders more clout than they&#39;ve had since China reclaimed the area in 1997.