Commentators deplored the sharp fall in turnout in Britain in the 2001 election, but it is notable that one region - Northern Ireland - actually saw a rise in turnout, and with it increased polarisation.
McDonald said early voting is often a good prediction of the level of turnout on Election Day, and heavy early voting indicates the turnout this year will exceed the 60 percent turnout in the 2004 election.
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Turnout in the PCC election was 12.9% in Merseyside, 13.3% in Thames Valley, and 13.5% in Greater Manchester.
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Growing frustration with this game prompted a lower turnout in a general election on May 16th, but the results have raised hopes of change for the better.
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That race saw the highest level of turnout in American history, except the 66 percent turnout in the 1908 presidential election.
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Ventura narrowly defeated the more established Democratic and Republican candidates in an election that posted a 60% turnout, the state's highest in a nonpresidential election in nearly two decades.
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Because of weighting, that would translate into an estimated 51-percent turnout in the November general election.
There were 11 candidates standing in the by-election and the turnout was 33.8% - down from 59% in the 2010 general election.
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"To adhere stubbornly to inadequate levels of resources in the face of the increased registration and increased turnout will result in a meltdown on Election Day, " the suit says.
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So in every presidential election since 1984, the turnout in the presidential year -- and many of you know this, as political reporters -- has eclipsed turnout in midterm elections.
The lowest turnout for any vote in Wales since 1979 camein the European Parliament election in 1999, with a 28.1% turnout - followed by just 30.4% in the same set of elections to Brussels in 2009.
Prime Minister David Cameron said low turnout in a first-time election was expected.
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The turnout was estimated by Israeli election officials to be around 62 percent for the 4.5 million eligible voters, the lowest turnout of any major election in the history of Israel.
But that's an off-year election for state offices and voter turnout will be greatest in New York City for the mayoral election.
Mr Daneshjoo has said the turnout could exceed the 1997 election, in which reformist Mohammad Khatami was elected.
There was a 53.85% turnout at the last local authority election in 2007.
But it means that there is no vote to be taken for granted, that turnout really will make a difference in this election.
And once voters cast their ballots, campaigns may contact them again to volunteer, helping with the turnout effort in the last days of the election campaign.
The turnout was so heavy in some areas that election officials gave provincial governments discretion to keep polls open an hour past the 5 p.m. closing time.
About 1.8 million electors cast their ballots in the geographical constituencies, a turnout rate of 53%, up from 45% in the last election in 2008.
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But even in the race's eleventh hour, strategists in both parties are struggling to figure out whether turnout will be closer to 2008 levels, when nearly 70% of eligible Wisconsin voters participated in the presidential election, or 2010, when voter turnout dropped to 49%.
Turnout was down from 11% in the first election six months ago, to 8.5% this time.
Putin's United Russia Party grabbed a little more than 64 percent of the vote in an election that saw heavy turnout.
Greater numbers are the norm in presidential election years, when voter turnout is higher, officials said.
Black-voter turnout in 2008, while higher than in any previous election, was consistent with increases over the past two decades.
In his victory speech, Mr Lloyd said that while he wanted to "thank all the people in Manchester who took part in the election", the low turnout for the ballot had been "an affront to the proper function of our democracy".
Such a turnout would match the 1997 election for being the lowest in Pakistan's history, AP reported.
President Chavez was re-elected in October 2012 with 54% of the vote in an election that boasted an 81% turnout.
The Election Commission in Delhi reported a hefty turnout in Punjab and Uttarakhand, with initial figures showing 77% and 70% respectively.
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