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Turnout at the February 1974 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, February 1974

  1. Aylesbury 91.2%
  2. Shipley 87.4%
  3. Fermanagh and South Tyrone 87.3%
  4. Hazel Grove 86.9%
  5. Keighley 86.8%
  6. Kingswood 86.7%
  7. Devon North 86.5%
  8. Colne Valley 86.4%
  9. Cornwall North 86.3%
  10. Rugby 86.2%

Lowest turnout

  1. Liverpool Scotland Exchange 58.5%
  2. Newham North West 59.3%
  3. Stepney and Poplar 59.4%
  4. Chelsea 60.0%
  5. Bethnall Green and Bow 61.0%
  6. Antrim South 61.1%
  7. City of London and Westminster South 61.4%
  8. Manchester Central 61.8%
  9. Derbyshire West 61.8%
  10. Hackney North and Stoke Newington 62.1%

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