FACTS AT GLANCE GENERAL ELECTION 2014

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General Elections 2014: Highest Ever Voter Turn-Out  

General Election 2014 has seen the highest ever voter-turnout in India with 66.4 % of the electorate casting vote. The previous highest was 64.01%, recorded in 1984. In the previous General Elections held in 2009, voter turnout was 58.19%. In absolute numbers, out of the total 834,101,479 electors, 553,801,801 people cast their vote in General Election 2014. Out of this, 65.3% were female voters and 67.09 % were male. 

 

Table 1. Voting Percentage in General Elections 1951-52   ̶  2014

General Elections	Year	Male %	Female %	Total %
First	1951 - '52	NB: Gender-wise break-up of electors of General Elections conducted before 1971 is not available.		61.16
Second	1957			63.73
Third	1962	63. 31	46.63	55.42
Fourth	1967	66.73	55.48	61.33
Fifth	1971	60.09	49.11	55.27
Sixth	1977	65.63	54.91	60.49
Seventh	1980	62.16	51.22	56.92
Eighth	1984 -'85	61.2	58.6	64.01
Ninth	1989	66.13	57.32	61.95
Tenth	1991 -'92	61.58	51.35	55.88
Eleventh	1996	62.06	53.41	57.94
Twelfth	1998	65.72	57.88	61.97
Thirteenth	1999	63.97	55.64	59.99
Fourteenth	2004	61.66	53.3	58.07
Fifteenth	2009	50.97	65.96	58.19
Sixteenth	2014	67.09	65.30	66.40
Source: Election Commission of India