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Turnout at the 1983 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, 1983

  1. Fermanagh and South Tyrone 88.6%
  2. Mid-Ulster 84.3%
  3. Carmarthen 81.2%
  4. Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 80.4%
  5. Leicestershire North West 80.0%
  6. Cornwall North 79.4%
  7. Brecon and Radnor 79.2%
  8. Devon North 79.1%
  9. Isle of Wight 79.0%
  10. Richmond and Barnes 78.9%

Lowest turnout

  1. City of London and Westminster South 51.6%
  2. Newham South 53.1%
  3. Hackney South and Shoreditch 53.5%
  4. Peckham 54.0%
  5. Hackney North and Stoke Newington 54.4%
  6. Bow and Poplar 55.0%
  7. Bethnal Green and Stepney 55.4%
  8. Newham North West 55.6%
  9. Chelsea 55.9%
  10. Manchester Central 59.8%

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