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- Bookmakers are offering various specials on Thursday's General Election with lowest voter turnout in nearly 20 years expected
- 2005 was the lowest recent turnout with 61.4% voting in the General Election
- Labour are heavy favourites to win at the polls this week with bookies still putting them at 1/100
Bookmakers are offering various specials on Thursday's General Election with lowest voter turnout in nearly 20 years expected
Betting Sites are now offering odds on the percentage voter turnout for Thursday's UK General Election with the latest odds saying there will be less than 64.5% who vote.
Various reports in recent weeks have hinted at voter turnouts across a whole host of age brackets expected to be low and now the line given by bookies is over and under 64.5%.
William Hill's latest odds say there's an 80% chance that it's under 64.5% of people who vote at the General Election with those odds meaning it will be the worst turnout at the polls since 2005.
Over 64.5% on the other hand has odds of 11/4 which makes it a long shot that we'll see an upturn in people voting this time around.
| UK General Election 2024 Voter Turnout | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Under 64.5% | 1/4 | 80.0% |
| Over 64.5% | 11/4 | 26.7% |
What the expert says...
2005 was the lowest recent turnout with 61.4% voting in the General Election
The 2005 General Election saw a voter turnout of 61.4% which was the lowest recent turnout with every vote since then having a rise.
That election was actually 2% up from 2001's turnout which was the worst since 1918, but it's expected that we'll see lows again this time around,
Statista have the full chart of voter turnout from the past 100 years and it looks increasingly likely that we'll see a downturn once again.
(via statista)
Labour are heavy favourites to win at the polls this week with bookies still putting them at 1/100
Labour remain the betting favourites to win this year's Election with bookmakers now putting them as short as 1/100 for Keir Starmer to win.
The Labour Party have long been favourites to win at the polls this time around and they've now shortened even further to be voted in.
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Jake Ashton
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