EC pushes for more turnout of female voters

PUNE: The Election Commission of India (EC) has emphasized on increasing the turnout of lady citizens within the coming Lok Sabha elections.

As a part of its Systematic Voters’ Education Programme, the EC has informed the officials to inspire extra girls to vote and increase their proportion within the ultimate tally.




The abstract roll has indexed a upward push of women citizens within the state by 13 lakh this time. The list revealed that the state has four.57 crore male citizens and 4.16 crore feminine citizens. The voter intercourse ratio in 2019 is 911as in opposition to 905 in 2014.


“The registration of lady citizens was less previously. Following an advanced consciousness, we've ensured registration of extra girls as citizens. The focal point must now be to verify an outstanding turnout of lady citizens during the elections,’’an election official mentioned.


A study was performed by city-based Gokhale Institute of Economics and Politics in 2017 for the company elections in Pune and Mumbai. Manasi V Phadke, a key researcher of the study, mentioned, “We had then additionally mentioned that there was a need for the administration to interact with lady citizens and involve them within the scenario.’’ Rajeshwari Deshpande, who teaches politics at Savitribai Phule Pune University, mentioned, “Political events must be certain a more potent representation of women. There are many local lady leaders, however they hardly get a chance to contest the LS or assembly elections.”
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