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The minimum age prescribed to avail voting rights was reduced to 18 years from 21 years in 1989 by the ________________.

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42nd Constitutional Amendment
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44th Constitutional Amendment
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61st Constitutional Amendment
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73rd Constitutional Amendment
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The correct option is C 61st Constitutional Amendment

The Sixty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India in the year 1989, lowered the voting age of elections to the Lok Sabha and to the Legislative Assemblies of States from 21 years to 18 years. This was done by amending Article 326 of the Constitution, which concerns to elections to the Lok Sabha and the Assemblies.


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