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Turnout at the 1918 general election

Turnout at every general election since 1918, and the constituencies with the highest and lowest turnout.

0%21%42%62.9%83.9%1918: 57.2%19181922: 72.9%1923: 71.1%1924: 77.0%19241929: 76.3%1931: 76.4%1935: 71.1%19351945: 72.8%1950: 83.9%1951: 82.6%19511955: 76.8%1959: 78.7%1964: 77.1%19641966: 75.8%1970: 72.0%F1974: 78.8%F1974O1974: 72.8%1979: 75.9%1983: 71.8%19831987: 75.3%1992: 77.7%1997: 71.4%19972001: 59.4%2005: 61.5%2010: 65.1%20102015: 66.2%2017: 68.8%2019: 67.3%20192024: 59.7%
Turnout at each general election (valid votes / electorate, contested seats)

Highest turnout, 1918

  1. Fermanagh North 89.7%
  2. Monaghan North 86.9%
  3. Londonderry City 86.5%
  4. University of Wales 85.8%
  5. Tyrone South 82.6%
  6. Tyrone North-West 81.8%
  7. Armagh Mid 81.4%
  8. Fermanagh South 81.1%
  9. Down East 79.8%
  10. Tyrone North-East 79.7%

Lowest turnout

  1. Armagh South 27.8%
  2. Lambeth Kennington 29.7%
  3. Birmingham Deritend 30.7%
  4. Bethnal Green North East 31.2%
  5. Birmingham Duddeston 32.4%
  6. Stepney Limehouse 33.4%
  7. Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Eastern 34.2%
  8. Southwark South East 36.1%
  9. Aberdeen North 36.4%
  10. Camberwell North West 36.5%

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