The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns.

Election year	Voter turnout (% of population aged 18+)
1928	87.4	
1931	82.3	
1935	86.8	
1938	92.3	
1943	88.4
1946	91.4	
1949	90.1
1951	87.7
1954	85.6	
1957	86.6	
1960	84.4	
1963	82.2
1966	78.6	
1969	80.9	
1972	79.7	
1975	80.2	
1978	82.1	
1981	83.1
1984	85.5
1987	77.6
1990	76	
1993	76.7	
1996	78.4
1999	74.9
2002	71.7
2005	76.1
2008	74.7
2011	69.6
2014	72.14
2017	79.8 
2020	77.35
2023	78.2

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