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Participation of female voters in India
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- The Election Commission of India (ECI) hosted an international webinar in New Delhi.
- The theme was “Enhancing electoral participation of Women, Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) & Senior citizen Voters: Sharing Best Practices and New Initiatives”.
- In the webinar, the chief election commissioner of India, Sushil Chandra, noted that women’s participation in exercising franchise has overpassed that of men, after 7 decades and 17 general elections.
- Women’s participation stood at more than 67 percent in the 2019 General Election.
- The gender gap was -16.71 percent in 1962, which has reversed to +0.17 percent in 2019.
- India has observed a 235.72 percent increase in female electors since the 1971 elections.
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