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