Indian Polity PYQ 271 of 375 · Election Commission

The Lower age limit of voters of Union and State Legislature was reduced from 21 years to 18 years by

  1. A57th Amendment, 1987
  2. B60th Amendment, 1988
  3. C61st Amendment, 1989
  4. D65th Amendment, 1990

48st to 52nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2008

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Correct answer: (c) 61st Amendment, 1989

Explanation

By the Constitution (Sixty-first Amendment) Act, 1988, the voting age was reduced from 21 years to 18 years, which came into force on 28 March 1989. Young voters first exercised the right to vote at the age of 18 in the general elections to the 9th Lok Sabha held in November 1989. The mention of “1989” in option (c) of the given question is incorrect; it should be “1988” instead.

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