More Mainers turned out to vote in 2024 than ever before, according to data collected by the Secretary of State’s office. With 842,447 people casting votes in both the presidential election and the race for U.

About 3.5 million Massachusetts voters participated in this year’s election, Galvin said. In 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, voters cast the highest number of ballots in Massachusetts history with more than 3.

Massachusetts saw a decline in turnout among registered voters in the 2024 election, though still an increase in votes compared to the turnout in 2016, according to the Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin’s office.

Massachusetts Secretary William F. Galvin on Monday announced that there was a “significant drop” in voter turnout for the 2024 presidential election in several communities after he received official certified voting results from all 351 cities and towns.