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Inter-Constituency Migration and Turnout at the British General Election of 1983

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  • Denver, David
  • Halfacree, Keith

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One of the most striking features of British general election results is the large variation in turnout across constituencies. In 1983, for instance, the mean turnout was 72.6 per cent of the registered electorate but it ranged from 82.1 per cent in Carmarthen to 51.8 per cent in the City of London and Westminster. Moreover, these variations tend to be reproduced in successive elections – the bivariate correlation between constituency turnout in the 1983 and 1987 elections for all 633 mainland Britain constituencies is +0.94.

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  • Denver, David & Halfacree, Keith, 1992. "Inter-Constituency Migration and Turnout at the British General Election of 1983," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 22(2), pages 248-254, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:22:y:1992:i:02:p:248-254_00
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    1. Ignacio Lago & Sandra Bermúdez & Marc Guinjoan & Pablo Simón, 2014. "Turnout and fractionalization," Working Papers. Collection A: Public economics, governance and decentralization 1404, Universidade de Vigo, GEN - Governance and Economics research Network.

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