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Women voters in 2029
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- A report by the SBI has claimed that women voters in India will surpass male voters from 2029 onwards.
- In the upcoming general election in 2024, it has projected a total voter turnout of around 68 crores, of which women voters could be at 33 crore (49%).
- From 2029 onwards, the women voters at 37 crores could be outstripping registered men voters at 36 crores.
- It further projected that in 2047, women's voter turnout might increase to 55% and men's voter turnout might fall to 45%.
- In the 1951 elections, only eight crores voted.
- In 2009 elections, this was 42 crores, of which 19 crores were women.
- In 2014, the voter turnout was increased by 13.7 crore to 55 crore of which 26 crores were women.
- It was 5.8 times higher for women and 5.2 times for men.
- In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, female voter turnout rate was higher than males.
- As many as 67.18% of women voters cast a vote in the 2019 general election in contrast to 67.01% of males.
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