Election Voter Turnout Uk
In 2014 87 2 of the voting age population showed up to cast their vote.
Election voter turnout uk. Voter turnout in the european elections. Voter turnout in u s. Electorate 2010 2017.
Voter turnout by country based on data from pew research center the nation with the highest voter turnout based on the country s last national election was belgium. The 2020 presidential election recorded the highest voter turnout for 120 years. In 2001 59 4 per cent turned out to vote.
Voter turnout in the european elections in the uk eu 1979 2019 eu parliament. If there are 100 000 people in a constituency and 70 000 of them are eligible to vote the result if 69 999 don t get off their arses and do so will be a lot of very bored returning officers and whoever got the one vote will be returned to p. Two thirds of the uk electorate 47 587 254 in total cast their vote at the 2019 general election down slightly on the 2017 election.
Voter turnout for all uk general elections 1945 2017 including regional variations the chart below shows the percentage of registered voters who actually voted at each general election from 1945 2017 excluding votes deliberately or accidentally spoiled. Despite a small decrease 2 7 in scotland from the 2015 uk general election this was the largest ever electorate for a uk wide poll. The election gave 46 8 million registered electors the opportunity to vote.
This insight looks at the parts of the uk where turnout was highest and lowest. The turnout stands at 67 3 approximately 1 5 less. Turnout reached 61 4 per.
Presidential election by state 2020 eu parliament. This was down 11 9 per cent in 1997. Early indications of record voter turnout in uk general election sky news australia 12 12 2019 trump nominee takes seat at u s.