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What are the effects of reducing the voting age from 21 years to 18 years?

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  • Earlier the Indian Constitution had fixed the voting age of 21 years. 
  • The voting age was lowered to 18 years. 
  • The young voters secured the right to vote and the increased number of voters was unparalleled.
  • They got the right to decide how their representative should be.
  • Moreover, it provided to the unrepresented youth an opportunity to become part of political process being literate and politically conscious. 
  • It increased the scope of democracy by including the youth of the country thus making it the largest democracy in the world.


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