high/low turnout• But 17,000 people ran, and we had a higher turnout than they get in suburban school board elections.• By-elections are marked by spectacularly low turnouts, sometimes less than 30%.• Wilson attributed the low turnout to the networks.• Or did the high turnout suggest a letting off of steam after three intense years of floodrecovery?• This constituency had, with Belfast West, the lowest turnout of voters in the Province at 59%.• The high turnoutmeans that Khatami has another chance.• Both rounds were marked by a very low turnout, with only 20.87 percent of the electorateparticipating in the second round.
From Longman Business Dictionary
turnoutturn·out /ˈtɜːnaʊtˈtɜːrn-/ noun [singular]
the number of people who vote in an election or go to a meeting or other organized event