Just one per cent of the electorate - less than half a million voters in marginal swing seats - determined the outcome of the last general election. (totalpolitics.com)
On 3 May this year in the London elections less than 40 per cent of the electorate voted. (totalpolitics.com)
Overall, only 47.9 per cent of the electorate turned out to vote, down from 60.2 per cent in 2011. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)