Number of women voters is surging across the country

Number of women voters is surging across the country

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The latest enrolment data from Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu shows that the gap between female and male voter base has narrowed considerably.

Important facts

1. There is a broader national trend of improved voter sex ratios (number of female voters per 1000 male voters)
2. In the 2014 polls, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram & Puducherry already had more women in the electorate than men.
   For the current electorate, Tamil Nadu also has more female voters than male- 2.98 crore are women and 2.92 crore are men.
3. Women voters in Maharashtra have increased by 13 lakh. Thus the voter sex ratio stands at
   911 against 905 in 2014.