Early estimates are suggesting that 72 per cent of young voters turned out for the general election. Meanwhile back in 2015, the British Election Study estimated that just 58 per cent of 18-24 voters turned out to vote.
The figure was reported by the head of the NUS on Sky News, but Ipsos Mori pollsters have explained that detailed statistics on turnout won't be released for a week or so.
Turnout among young voters has been on the decline since the early 1990s, and in 2001, only 39 per cent of 18-24 year olds voted.
The NUS has suggested that '750,000 more 18-year-olds - who were too young to have their say in the EU referendum - were able to vote yesterday, finally getting their voices heard on Brexit'.
NUS President Malia Bouattia said that the increase of young voters was 'about more than tuition fees'.
'We have seen the student vote play a key role in marginal seats across the UK. The student vote yesterday was about more than tuition fees,' she said in a statement.
'Having worked closely with the nursing students at Sheffield Hallam University as they battled to save the NHS, Sheffield University students fighting cuts to education and college students demanding investment in education whilst also going through the area review process, it is unsurprising that they sent a strong message in this election not only to the Lib Dems because of their betrayal, but also to the Tories and their destructive policies of cuts and privatisation.'
It's being suggested the high turnout could be to do with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's campaign, with polls indicating that 67 per cent of young people were planning to vote for the Labour party (via iNews).
The poll count saw the Conservatives get 318 of the 650 seats in Parliament, down from 330, while the Labour Party won 261, up from 229.
The UK election has now ended as a hung parliament after the general election produced no overall winner.
Prime Minister Theresa May will visit Buckingham Palace this afternoon to seek permission from the Queen to form a new UK government.
Naomi Gordon is news writer mainly covering entertainment news with a focus on celebrity interviews and television.
