Tamil Nadu assembly elections: Women make historic presence

Chennai, May 18: May 16 would be etched in the pages of political history of India. The Tamil Nadu elections are just an excuse, but one should have a look at the number of women who cast their votes in the state.

According to the Election Commission of India, more women have cast their votes than men, even when the overall percentage in the 232 constituencies across the state touched 74.26%.

A total of 4.28 crore out of 5.79-crore electorate exeercised their power on Monday. Of these, 2,16,28,807 were women and 2,12,44,129 were men and 738 were from the third gender.

Election Commission of India - State Election, 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of TAMIL NADU

That is not all, there has been a significant rise in the number of women candidates in the final fray, accounting to 327.

Incidentally, over 10 lakh women voted in Kancheepuram (12.41 lakh), Vellore (11.81 lakh), Chennai (11.95 lakh), Tiruvallur (11.19 lakh), Villupuram (10.54 lakh) districts, Salem (11.02 lakh).

Election Commission of India - State Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of TAMIL NADU

The district-wise percentage are as follows:

Dharmapuri (85.03 per cent), Ariyalur (83.77 per cent) and Karur (83.09 per cent) were the top three districts, which registered highest polling percentage. Tiruvannamalai (82.99 per cent), Namakkal (82.10 per cent) and Salem (80.09 per cent) also scored above 80 per cent.

Election Commission of India- State Election, 2011 to the Legislative Assembly Of Tamil Nadu

Dindigul (79.62 per cent), Perambalur (79.54 per cent), Villupuram (79.44 per cent) and Erode (79.39 per cent) districts were followed by Krishnagiri (78.38 per cent), Tiruvarur (78.04 per cent) and Thanjavur (77.44 per cent) districts. Vellore (77.24 per cent), Pudukkottai (77.07 per cent), Virudhunagar (76.36 per cent), Cuddalore (78.64 per cent), Nagappattinam (76.05 per cent), Tiruchi (75.77 per cent), Tirupur (72.68 per cent), Tirunelveli (71.94 per cent), Thoothukkudi (71.17 per cent), Tiruvallur (71.20 per cent), Theni (75.29 per cent), Madurai (71.09 per cent) and the Nilgris (70.53 per cent) districts registered above 70 per cent.

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