Voter turnout was 40% in the Indian general election in 195152.
=== Differences between elections ===Within countries there can be important differences in turnout between individual elections
 Furthermore, they argue that an examination of the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey shows that turnout is low but not declining among the youth, when the high youth turnout of 1972 (the first year 18- to 20-year-olds were eligible to vote in most states) is removed from the trendline

