In 2000, the number of arrests at the event, 312, actually exceeded the total turnout this year.

Ticket sales increased dramatically, with all presale tickets selling out, and a total turnout of 9000 - a 40% increase on previous years.

The total turnout on Saturday was a record of nearly 50,000, party officials said.

The Governor's opponents need 166,928 valid voter signatures, or 15 percent of the total turnout in the last election for governor.

The number of black voters dropped to 21 percent of the total turnout this year from 28 percent in 1993.

The total turnout was estimated at about 52 per cent of the electorate.

The difference was only 52,448 votes in a total turnout of 4,755,318 voters, or 93.5 percent of those eligible.

Warner gained 291 votes or 0.9% of the total turnout.

Bronx politicians predicted a total turnout of about 20,000 people, or fewer than 10 percent of those registered to vote.

Applications for seasonal agricultural workers and other specialized applicants may bring the total turnout near the two million mark.