Indian Politics & Policy Volume 3, Number 1, Spring 2020 | Page 95

The Youth Vote in Lok Sabha Elections 2019
Table 1: Turnout among Youth Belonging to Various Social Demographics
Caste and communities
Turnout 2019 (%) Turnout 2014 (%)
Youth Other Youth Other
Upper Caste 66 69 73 67
Other Backward Classes 69 71 69 69
Scheduled Caste 72 69 68 68
Scheduled Tribe 73 75 81 70
Muslim 58 61 60 58
Other religious minorities 56 61 58 60
Level of education
Non-literate 63 65 70 65
Up to primary education 64 71 75 71
Up to matric education 69 69 63 67
College and above education 67 69 69 64
Locality
Rural 67 70 71 69
Urban 66 64 62 62
Gender
Women 66 66 65 64
Men 68 70 71 68
Economic class
Poor 68 67 61 60
Lower 66 67 71 67
Middle 67 71 67 69
Upper 68 69 72 67
Source: The data is weighted as per the actual voter turnout. Turnout for various social demographic
categories has been calculated by the data from CSDS Surveys.
Note: All figures are in percentages
economic backgrounds and compare
it to the last Lok Sabha election held in
2014, voter turnout dropped among all
the categories of youth, with the exception
of youth belonging to scheduled
castes and poor classes, youth having
matric education, urban youth, and
marginally among young women. On
the other hand, voter turnout increased
for all categories of the non-youth voters.
Here, not a single group saw a decline
in turnout from 2014. The highest
increase in voter turnout was registered
among young poor voters from 61 per-
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