Kolkata: A considerable enhance in the variety of ladies voters might play an vital role in the continued Assembly polls in West Bengal. The proportion of ladies voters has not solely crossed the 49 p.c mark, however the gender ratio has additionally superior from 956 final 12 months to 961 in the ultimate voter’s listing printed by the Election Commission of India.
Among the opposite main states, West Bengal is the one the place ladies’s participation in the electoral course of has been considerably excessive.
The closing electoral roll printed by the ECI exhibits that the share of ladies in the state is 49.01 per cent.
This makes West Bengal the fourth main state after Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh the place ladies take part in the electoral course of is excessive.
Kerala with 51.4 per cent ranks the very best among the many larger states in the nation adopted by Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh which have 50.5 per pent and 50.4 per pent feminine electorates, respectively.
There are 5 smaller states Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Manipur, Mizoram and Meghalaya the place ladies electors are increased than their male counterparts. West Bengal has additionally superior in gender ratio.
In 2020, the gender ratio was 956 females towards 1,000 male electors, this time the feminine electors have elevated to 961. Experts consider that as the feminine participation in the elections is increased than 81 per cent the rise of ladies voters might turn out to be a deciding issue.
Only smaller states like Tripura, Nagaland and the union territory of Lakshwadeep have higher ladies participation than West Bengal.
Among the general 7,32,94,980 electors in West Bengal, 3,73,66,306 are male and three,59,27,084 are feminine. There are 1,430 voters of the third gender and 1,12,642 service electors in the state.
The closing voters listing exhibits that there was an addition of 20,45,593, deletion of 5,99,921 and correction of 14,45,672 and that led to a rise of two.01 per cent in comparison with the draft roll printed in November 2020.
As a consequence, each the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Trinamool Congress are doing all the things to woo the feminine voters of the state.
Recently, the BJP`s National General Secretary, B.L. Santosh tweeted: “Women voters will chug BJP to sweeping victory, identical to Bihar. The dignity of life supplied to ladies by the BJP authorities led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has created a big goodwill that’s seen on the roads resulting in the polling cubicles even in Nandigram, the place Mamata Banerjee herself is the candidate”.
The BJP has additionally made a number of bulletins in its manifesto specializing in ladies, together with 33 per cent reservation for girls in authorities jobs, elevated pension to widows, free transport, and free schooling from KG to PG degree.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has appointed `Bongo Janani`, the celebration’s political entrance shaped after the Trinamool’s drubbing in the 2019 elections, to succeed in out to ladies by highlighting the developmental schemes of her authorities and “rise in crimes against women” in BJP-ruled states.
“The Trinamool government in the last 10 years of its rule in West Bengal, has implemented several globally-acclaimed schemes like `Kanyashree` which have benefited women and girls. We don`t need a certificate from the BJP on what we have done to ensure women`s safety,” Sashi Panja, Women and Child Development Minister and Bongo Janani General Secretary, stated.
But the state has witnessed a substantial dip in the variety of teen voters, the primary time voters in the age group between 18-19.
In March 2020, there was a 3.13 p.c enhance in the variety of teen voters. This time it got here right down to 2.68 p.c.
This is for the primary time in the final three years that there was a decline in the variety of teen voters. In 2018 it was 2.94 p.c, which elevated to 2.96 per cent in 2019 and it additional climbed to three.13 per cent in 2020.
