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Re:UK Parliament petitions site crashes under traffic for pe... by Zenst on Thursday March 21, 2019 @06:47AM (#19450796)
Not in the UK, indeed the largest voter turnout of any election/referendum in the UK was...the EU referendum. Making it the largest vote for a decision in the entire history of the UK.

So best described currently as `interesting times`.

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Re:UK Parliament petitions site crashes under traffic for pe... by ranko on Thursday March 21, 2019 @06:55AM (#19450841)
I keep hearing this claim, but I don't think it's true.

"The highest turnout recorded at a UK general election over the last 100 years was in 1950, 83.9%.", according to https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Sum...

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Re:UK Parliament petitions site crashes under traffic for pe... by chrisseaton on Thursday March 21, 2019 @07:52AM (#19451215)
Are you arguing relatively while others argue absolutely?
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Re:UK Parliament petitions site crashes under traffic for pe... by ranko on Thursday March 21, 2019 @08:16AM (#19451411)
Turnout is normally given as a percentage, I think.

Either way, the 1992 general election had a turnout of 77.7% or 33,614,074, both of were larger than the EU referendum.

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