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Hong Kong's first district council poll after an electoral overhaul ordered by Beijing has yielded a turnout of 27.54 percent, a record low since the return to Chinese rule in 1997, despite officials, tycoons and political leaders mounting an unrelenting drive to get out the vote and a sudden extension of polling hours.
About 1 million ballots cast to decide 88 seats contested by pro-establishment candidates in poll city leader John Lee says marks new chapter for municipal bodies.