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For nearly 100 years, general elections have taken place on a Thursday, but the time of year has changed.
They mostly occur in spring or summer, but the last one in 2019 was held in December.
For that election, it was thought that turnout would be poor, due to the lack of daylight and potential for wintry conditions.
In fact, an article from the House of Commons library states that turnout in 2019 was 67.3%, down by only 1.5% compared to the June 2017 election when there was more than eight hours extra of daylight.
The article also mentions it was higher than the previous four elections all held in May or June.
Experts say there is no correlation between the weather and turnout at the polls.
So will the weather for the general election this year be as memorable as when the prime minister made the announcement in May.
It poured with rain as Rishi Sunak gave the election date, absolutely soaking him with no umbrella to hand.
With a week to go until the public head to the polling stations, it’s still a little too early to know the exact details of the weather.
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