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Turnout at the 2005 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, 2005

  1. West Tyrone 80.2%
  2. Fermanagh and South Tyrone 79.3%
  3. Mid Ulster 78.0%
  4. Newry and Armagh 76.3%
  5. West Dorset 76.2%
  6. Belfast West 75.1%
  7. Foyle 74.4%
  8. Richmond Park 74.4%
  9. Monmouth 73.3%
  10. Winchester 73.1%

Lowest turnout

  1. South Staffordshire 37.2%
  2. Liverpool Riverside 41.4%
  3. Manchester Central 43.1%
  4. Salford 43.3%
  5. Glasgow Central 44.1%
  6. Liverpool Walton 44.5%
  7. Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle 45.0%
  8. Kingston upon Hull East 45.2%
  9. Manchester Gorton 45.9%
  10. Glasgow North East 45.9%

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