GENERAL
ELECTIONS 2014 RESULTS ANALYSIS
Though
they still make for the lesser strength on headcount (in total electors counts
and therefore in total turnout) in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections,
the turnout of the female electors was better than their male counterparts in
many states and union territories with some major jump when seen along the 2009
turnout figures.
The list
of 11 states and 5 union territories include four big states, Bihar, Tamil Nadu,
Punjab and Odisha, with the usual claimants -
some of the smaller states and the union territories.
While the
difference is small in the comparatively bigger states in this lot, the gap is
good in case of some smaller states and union territories, i.e., Arunachal
Pradesh (76%-Male to 81%-Female), Daman & Diu (74%-M to 82%-F) and Goa
(75%-M to 79%-F). But the bigger states is good news because of the large
number of electors on the roll showing us women coming out to participate in
the process that counts for their lives for five year or so. Three of these
four states have women voters turnout at over 70%.
The
outperformers on female-electors turnout are:
STATES
Arunachal
Pradesh: 76.2 % (male) - 81.02 % (female)
Bihar:
55.08 % (male) - 57.66 % (female)
Goa:
74.91 % (male) - 79.11 % (female)
Himachal
Pradesh: 63.43 % (male) - 65.46 % (female)
Manipur: 78.66
% (male) - 80.54 % (female)
Orissa: 72.61
% (male) - 74.99 % (female)
Punjab:
70.33 % (male) - 70.93 % (female)
Sikkim:
82.89 % (male) - 83.88 % (female)
Tamil Nadu:
73.44 % (male) - 73.96 % (female)
Uttarakhand:
60.48 % (male) - 62.84 % (female)
Meghalaya:
67.48 % (male) - 70.07 % (female)
UNION TERRITORIES
Chandigarh:
73.42 % (male) - 74.04 % (female)
Dadra
& Nagar Haveli: 82.66 % (male) - 85.71 % (female)
Daman
& Diu: 74.33 % (male) - 81.83 % (female)
Lakshadweep:
84.87 % (male) - 88.42 % (female)
Puducherry:
81.32 % (male) - 82.81 % (female)
What is
significant is the jump in the turnout in some cases if we compare them with
the female-electors turnout in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.
Five
states have registered over 10% jump from the 2009 Lok Sabha polls. The jump is
stellar in case of Goa (25% - 53.8% to
79.11%). Considered backward on women issues, Bihar
also scores well with 15% jump (42.62% to 57.66%). Arunachal Pradesh has registered
a significant jump of 14% (67.22% to 81.02%). It is around 11% in case of
Odisha and Uttarakhand. Punjab, Meghalaya and
Himachal Pradesh are around 6% increase.
Bucking
the trend here, some of these states and union territories have registered
negative growth (when compared with the 2009 turnout), but these are smaller
states and the difference is small in each case as well, i.e., Sikkim (-1%), Puducherry (-3%) and Lakshadweep (-0.5%).