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The voting age for elections to House of the People and to the Legislative Assemblies was lowered from…

The Constitution (Sixty-first Amendment) Act, 1988 amended Article 326 to replace the minimum voting age of twenty-one with eighteen. The Act’s short title uses 1988,…

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The voting age for elections to House of the People and to the Legislative Assemblies was lowered from 21 years to 18 years by:

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The Constitution (Sixty-first Amendment) Act, 1988 amended Article 326 to replace the minimum voting age of twenty-one with eighteen. The Act’s short title uses 1988, although presidential assent and commencement were in March 1989. The Seventh and Forty-fourth Amendments did not make this voting-age change.

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