New Delhi, Dec 26 (Bureau) Female Voters outnumbered male voters in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, according to Election Commission of India (ECI) data. Releasing a comprehensive set of 42 statistical reports for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 and 14 Statistical Reports for each of the simultaneous assembly elections held in four states namely Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim on Thursday, the female voters turnout stood at 65.78% in 2024 (excluding Surat) as compared to 65.55% of Male voters in 2024. While the total votes polled in 2024 were 64.64 crore as compared to 61.4 crore in 2019, it said.
The number of women candidates contested the polls was 800, as against 726 in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the ECI said. The Parliamentary Constituency with the highest VTR of Female voters was Dhubri (Assam) with 92.17%, followed by Tamluk (West Bengal) with 87.57%. As per ECI, there were 279 Independent Female candidates. The state with the highest number of Female contesting candidates was Maharashtra 111 followed by Uttar Pradesh 80 and Tamil Nadu 77. On third gender, the data showed that 48,272 registered as third gender elector in 2024, compared to 39,075 in 2019, an increase of 23.5% over the five-year period.
On the repolls, the Commission said, it were held in 40 polling stations or 0.0038 percent of the total 10.52 lakh polling stations as compared to 540 in 2019. The Commission said, “This suo moto initiative, is to enhance the public trust that constitutes the underpinning of India’s electoral system” “The release of extensive data sets is also in furtherance of the Commission’s policy of maximum disclosure, greater transparency and accessibility of election-related data for all stakeholders including academia, research and the general public” the ECI added.