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Disappearing gender gap in voting
April 27 , 2024
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- Women electors continuing to exercise their franchise at a marginally higher rate than that of men for the third consecutive time in general elections.
- It has indicated that the gender gap in respect of turnout, which was once prominent in the State, is disappearing.
- The turnout among men was relatively higher than that among women for several decades, right from the first election to the Lok Sabha in 1951-52.
- In 1980, the electorate of the State was 2.81 crore, of whom 1.40 crore were women.
- In the 2024 general election, the electorate stood at 6.23 crore, of whom 3.1 crore were women.
- Till 2009, there was a significant gender gap in terms of the percentage of women and men who exercised their franchise in general elections.
- However, for the first time, in the 2014 elections, women voters surpassed men voters by a narrow margin.
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