Looking at this table would you say that people’s participation during the past

50 years has: decreased/increased/been stable after initial increase?


Lok Sabha



Election Year



Voter Turnout (%)



1st



1951-52



44.87



4th



1967



61.04



5th



1971



55.27



6th



1977



60.49



8th



1984



63.56



10th



1991



56.73



14th



2004



58.07



It is clear that the participation of people during the last 50 years has been increased as in the election of 1951-52 more than 61% people have voted while in the recent election of 2014-15 more than 66% of people has participated in voting.


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