Female voters Outnumber Male Voters in 100+ age Category

Female voters Outnumber Male Voters in 100+ age Category

By: WE Staff | Wednesday, 24 January 2024

As per the Election Commission's final electoral roll data, women make up six out of ten electors in Karnataka who are over 100 years of age. Additionally, the data shows that there are more women in the state the older the voter age group. Out of the state's over 5.3 crore voters, 17,939 are older than 100, with 10,863 of them being female. In contrast, there are 2.69 crore men and 2.68 crore women among all voters.

Men outnumber women (1,678) in the BBMP area, which is divided into three regions (Central, North, and South). However, the area has the highest number of women voters (1,431) who are over 100 years old. The female voters outnumber male voters in the districts of Mysuru, Belagavi, and Tumakuru, which have the highest proportion of female voters in this category after Bengaluru.

There are more than 12.7 lakh voters in the 80+ age group, with more than 55 per cent, or 7+ lakh, being women. Based on a district-level analysis, the districts of Belagavi, Mysuru, and Tumakuru have the highest percentage of female voters.

Men outnumber women among the 10.3 lakh young voters (18–19 years old), making up nearly 54 per cent of the total. According to data for the BBMP area, the city has continued the trend of reporting more male voters (32,867) than female voters in this category. The district with the highest number of male voters is Belagavi, which leads the total count. The BBMP area, Mysuru, and Bengaluru Urban (not including BBMP) are the next districts in line.

The final electoral rolls show a 50 per cent increase in the total number of young voters compared to the draft rolls; however, the number of voters in the 100+ category has decreased by 25 per cent, and the number in the 80+ category has decreased by 8 per cent.

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