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 58.21%. 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
|
|
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
|
60.24
|
55.82
|
58.21
|
|
Sixteenth
|
2014
|
67.09
|
65.30
|
66.40
|
|
Source: Election Commission of India
|
Figure
1: Gender–wise
Voter turn-out in General Elections 1951-52 ̶ 2014
Figure
2: Difference (%)
in Male & Female Voter Turnout GE 1951-52 - 2014
RM/RC