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AN ATLAS | LOK SABHA ELECTIONS 2024

Highlights of

Participation of Women in General Election

to Lok Sabha 2024

Registered Electors
VTR(%) in GE to Lok Sabha [ 1971 - 2024]
l 47,63,11,240 Women electors out of 97,97,51,847, in 2024, compared to
60.5 64.0 62.0 60.0 67.4
70.0 56.9 62.0 57.9 58.1 58.2 66.4 66.1 438537911 in 2019.
65.0 55.3 55.9
VTR (%) 60.0 65.5 67.2 65.8 l 48.62% Female Electors in 2024 compared to 48.09% in 2019.
55.0
50.0 54.9 59.3 57.3 53.4 57.7 55.6 53.6 55.8 l State with the highest percentage share of Female electors in 2024:
Puducherry (53.03%) followed by Kerala (51.56%).
45.0 49.1 51.2 50.6
40.0 l In 2024, number of female electors per 1000 male electors made a new
1971 1977 1980 1984-85 1989 1991-92 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 high i.e. 946, as compared to 926 in 2019.

Year of GE to Lok Sabha Voting:
Male Female Total
l 65.78% of Female Electors voted in 2024 (excluding Surat) as compared
to 65.55% of Male Electors.
l Females outnumbered men in 2024 again like in 2019; this is only the
second time in the history of GEs to Lok Sabha.
l The Parliamentary Constituency with the highest VTR of Female voters:
Dhubri (Assam) with 92.17% female voting, followed by Tamluk (West
Bengal) with 87.57%.

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