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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:25, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
... that voter turnout increased by 32 percentage points following the passage of Herbert Payne's bill to introduce compulsory voting in Australian federal elections? Source: "The first Commonwealth election held under compulsory voting was that of 1925, when the turnout figure climbed to 91.4 per cent, an increase of 32 percentage points on the previous election." link (PDF page 6, article page 4)