Welsh Assembly Elections Turnout

There has been some discussion of low turnout at the Welsh Assembly elections this time. This spreadsheet (via Google Docs) gives a breakdown of turnout by constituency.

To put the overall figures in context, here are the turnouts since the beginning of the Assembly in 1999:

1999: 46.3%
2003: 38.2%
2007: 43.7%
2011: 42.2%

This shows the turnout as slightly down on the average, but not by as much as some commentators in the media are suggesting. However, the low turnout as compared with UK General Elections (which themselves often see turnouts of fewer than two-thirds of the eligible electorate) remains a serious cause for concern. (The Scottish Parliament turnout was 52.3%.)