Voter turnout marginally better among women than men in Lok Sabha poll

Women voters in Tamil Nadu slightly surpassed men voters in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, with a turnout of 69.72%.

In Tamil Nadu, women voters surpassed men voters by a thin margin of 0.27 percentage points in exercising their franchise in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the polling for which was held on Friday, according to the revised turnout data released by the Election Commission of India on Sunday.

The total turnout now stood at 69.72%, relatively lesser than the figures recorded in the previous general elections in the State. Of a total of 6,23,33,925 electors in Tamil Nadu, 4,34,58,875 exercised their franchise. In terms of percentage, women voters (69.85%) surpassed men voters (69.58%) by a narrow margin.

Of 3,17,19,665 women electors, 2,21,58,256 cast their votes and of 3,06,05,793 men electors, 2,12,97,903 exercised their franchise. In the ‘others’ category, out of 8,467 electors, only 2,716 cast their vote, registering a turnout of 32.07%.

More than 75% of women electors turned up to vote at nine seats – Dharmapuri, Kallakurichi, Karur, Perambalur, Chidambaram (SC), Namakkal, Salem, Villupuram (SC) and Arani. However, women who voted were relatively less in the three Chennai seats and its neighbouring constituencies. Less than 60% of them cast their vote in Chennai Central, Chennai South, Chennai North and Sriperumbudur.

The difference in percentage points between women and men voters was less than one in 10 constituencies – Madurai, Dindigul, Arani, Coimbatore, Tiruchirapalli, Namakkal, Villupuram (SC), Tiruvannamalai and Dharmapuri – denoting that almost an equal percentage of women and men had exercised their franchise here.

The difference was three to five percentage points between women and men voters in Kanniyakumari, Chidambaram, Thanjavur, Kallakurichi, Chennai Central, Sriperumbudur, Chennai North, Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram seats.

In seven constituencies, the difference in percentage points between men and women voters was nearly 0.5.