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For every constituency, there is a list of voters which is called electoral roll. What is the minimum age for enrolment in an electoral roll? Was 18 years the minimum voting age in India from the beginning?

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India adopted the principle of Universal Adult Franchise on January, 1950. Thus all adult Indians got the right to .vote and the age of voting was fixed to 21 years. After the61st Amendment Act of 1989, the age of voting was lowered to 18 years.