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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.
Hong Kong on election day splits into two camps, with one eager to vote out of civic duty and others giving polling stations wide berth over lack of political diversity.
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.
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