The recommendations follow a yearlong review by the commission and a campaign to lower the minimum voting age.
The commission's decision not to support lowering the voting age followed widespread speculation that it would back the measure.
Beccy Earnshaw, outreach manager at The Electoral Commission, said: "The important aspect to consider about reducing the voting age is a person's maturity and so it is important to define what is a sufficient age to reach that level of maturity."
She added: "We felt it should rest on the view of society as a whole. While most of the consultation responses were in favour of a reduction, wider opinion polling suggests more people are opposed to such a change and even young people themselves were divided on it."
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