Constitution 61st Amendment Act, 1988

Constitution 61st Amendment Act, 1988 was enacted to reduce the voting age from 21 years to 18 years. Article 326 of the Constitution provides that the elections to the House of the People and to the Legislative Assembly of every State shall be on the basis of adult suffrage and the voters should not be less than 21 years of age. Keeping in view of the literacy, enlightenment and politically awareness among the youth, the lowering of the voting age was carried out by the amendment.

Important provisions

Article 326 was amended to give effect to reduced voting age of 18 years.  The act was also ratified by the legislatures of not less than one-half of the States by resolution.