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Turnout at the October 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, October 1974

  1. Fermanagh and South Tyrone 88.6%
  2. Carmarthen 85.6%
  3. Kingswood 84.1%
  4. Merioneth 84.0%
  5. Berwick and East Lothian 83.1%
  6. Keighley 83.0%
  7. Hazel Grove 82.4%
  8. Bodmin 82.3%
  9. Lanark 82.2%
  10. Bosworth 82.1%

Lowest turnout

  1. Chelsea 50.0%
  2. Stepney and Poplar 51.5%
  3. Newham North West 51.6%
  4. Lambeth Central 52.6%
  5. Lambeth Vauxhall 52.7%
  6. Stoke Newington and Hackney North 52.8%
  7. Hackney Central 52.8%
  8. Bethnal Green 53.1%
  9. Cities of London and Westminster 53.2%
  10. Manchester Central 53.4%

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