5.7 lakh more women voted than men in 2021 election
The Hindu
However, the turnout of women, at 72.55%, was marginally lower than that of men, at 73.09%
A total of 5,68,580 more women voted than men in 2021, the widest increase in the history of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, according to the figures released by the Chief Electoral Officer on Friday. Of the total 4,57,76,311 people who voted, 2,31,71,736 were women, 2,26,03,156 were men, and 1,419 were others. The number of women who voted began to overtake men for the first time in Tamil Nadu in the 2016 election. The gap then was 3.7 lakh.
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