Women voters beat men in 3 Madhya Pradesh constituencies

BHOPAL/JABALPUR: In the three constituencies under tribal-dominated Mandla district, women voters' turnout was better than men. The constituencies are Bichhiya, Niwas and Mandla. From Niwas assembly seat Union Minister Faggan Singh Kulaste has been fielded by the BJP.

Mandla is among the few districts in MP where the voters are marginally higher than male voters.

While gender ratio has been a major concern in MP, particularly in areas under Chambal region but in Mandla district, there are 1005 women against every 1000 men. Since, there was greater turnout of women voters, they may play a decisive role in the results.

In Bichhiya constituency of Mandla district, there are a total of 2,59,161 registered voters. Out of this 1,27,774 are males, 1,31,413 females and others are 4. The voting pattern suggests 2,12,622 voters cast their votes of which 1,04,777 were males and 1,07,822 females. The voting recorded in the constituency was 82.04%. Women voters outnumbered the male voters by 0.01%.

In the Niwas constituency where Union minister Faggan Singh Kulaste is a candidate, the total voters are 2,63,912 comprising 1,29,936 males and 1,33,969 females. Of the males 81.97 voters cast their votes while 82.22% of the females voters turned out for voting.

In Mandla constituency, the total number of voters are 2,67,925 comprising 1,32,632 males, 1,35,290 females and 3 others.

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