Women have out-voted men in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls that was held on May 20.In the 2019 general elections, the overall turnout of women vota first in ers was better than men the history of Lok Sabha elections.
However, the turnout of the male electorate bettered that of women in the first four phases of the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha polls that covered 379 of the 543 seats.
According to the voter turnout data, which the Election Commission (EC) released on Thursday, 63 per cent of the women electorate voted on the 49 seats that went to the polls on May 20, compared to 61.48 per cent of the male electorate on the back of better turnout of women electorate in Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh.
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