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    Turnout at General Election lowest for more than 20 years

    By Ian Jones,

    3 hours ago

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    Turnout at the General Election was the lowest for more than 20 years.

    With all 650 results declared, the overall turnout was 59.9%.

    This is down sharply from 67.3% at the last election in 2019.

    It is also the worst turnout at a general election since 2001, when the figure slumped to 59.4%: the lowest since before the Second World War.

    The highest turnout at a general election since the war was 83.9% in 1950, according to figures compiled by the House of Commons Library.

    Turnout remained above 75% at every post-war general election until 1970, when it dipped to 72.0%.

    It then stayed above 70% at every election until plunging to 59.4% in 2001 – since then it has never been above 70%.

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