Women voters outnumber men again in LS elections

A total of 64.64 crore voters cast their ballots in the Lok Sabha elections held earlier this year, with women surpassing men in voter turnout, according to data released by the Election Commission on Thursday.

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The turnout among female voters reached 65.78 per cent, slightly higher than the 65.55 per cent recorded for male voters, the EC reported.

EC functionaries asserted that such granular data is not shared by any of the election management bodies in democracies across the world.

The data on Lok Sabha polls, 2024 and four assembly elections — Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh — held alongside parliamentary polls comes against the backdrop of allegations of non-disclosure by the EC.

“This suo motu initiative is to enhance the public trust that constitutes the underpinning of India’s electoral system,” the EC said.

Referring to women participation in the polls, EC said the number of female contesting candidates was 800, compared to 726 in 2019.