High turnout in Hong Kong election
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HONG KONG - Voters have turned out in force for Hong Kong's crucial Legislative Council election.
Turnout appeared to be higher than average, with long lines of people still waiting to cast ballots at some polling stations by the time voting was supposed to end Sunday night. Some 52.6 percent of nearly 3.8 million registered voters had turned out an hour before polls closed, matching the total turnout for the previous election four years ago. Turnout in the 2008 election was 45.2 percent, according to the government's website.
The vote for Legislative Council is seen as Hong Kong's most important election since the handover from Britain in 1997, and will test the unity of Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp.
