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Turnout at the 1959 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, 1959

  1. Accrington 87.9%
  2. Lanark 87.2%
  3. Taunton 87.1%
  4. Shipley 87.0%
  5. Pudsey 86.9%
  6. Luton 86.8%
  7. Central Ayrshire 86.7%
  8. Wellingborough 86.7%
  9. Clitheroe 86.6%
  10. Brecon and Radnor 86.4%

Lowest turnout

  1. Down South 56.4%
  2. Down North 58.8%
  3. Birmingham Ladywood 59.1%
  4. Antrim South 59.3%
  5. Stepney 59.4%
  6. Paddington South 60.4%
  7. Liverpool Exchange 60.5%
  8. Islington South West 60.6%
  9. Cities of London and Westminster 61.3%
  10. Fermanagh and South Tyrone 61.6%

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