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Which Constitutional Amendment Act lowered the voting age in India from 21 to 18 years?
A. 42nd Amendment Act
B. 44th Amendment Act
C. 61st Amendment Act✓ Correct Answer
D. 86th Amendment Act
💡 Solution & Explanation
The Sixty-First Constitutional Amendment Act of 1988 lowered the voting age for elections to the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies from twenty-one years to eighteen years by amending Article 326 of the Constitution. Other amendments like the Forty-Second and Forty-Fourth introduced wide-ranging revisions during the Emergency era, while the Eighty-Sixth Amendment dealt with the right to education. This amendment empowered the younger demographic of independent India to actively participate in the democratic electoral process.
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