This Article is From May 01, 2014

Women Voters Turnout Higher Than Men in 10 States/Union Territories

Women Voters Turnout Higher Than Men in 10 States/Union Territories

Elections have been held in 428 seats and 44.28 crore voters have voted so far.

New Delhi: Women turnout has been higher than men as compared to the previous Lok Sabha polls in 438 parliamentary constituencies, according to the Election Commission (EC).

The overall voter turnout is 66.20 per cent so far after the seventh phase Lok Sabha election as against 57.61 per cent in the last elections.

The voter percentage is likely to increase further after the postal ballots are taken into account, Election Commission Director General Akshay Raut said in Delhi today.

Till now, elections have been held in 428 seats and 44.28 crore voters have voted so far.

He said higher turnout of women voters were recorded in as many as 10 states/Union Territories, including Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Chandigarh, Odisha, Manipur, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu.

He said 26 states out of 28 have recorded higher turn out as compared to the last elections.

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