KARNATAKA Assembly Elections 2023 is slated for May 10 and the results will be announced on May 13th. According to latest electoral polls, this year the number of Assembly constituencies with women voters outnumbering men has jumped to 112 – or 50% of the total 224 seats – from 67 (30%) in 2018.
As per the latest electoral rolls, the state’s overall gender ratio of electors, or the number of women voters per 1,000 men voters, too, has improved from 973 to 989 over the past five years. The number of men and women voters for Karnataka polls 2023 stands at 2.67 crore and 2.64 crore, respectively.
Now, there are 112 seats where women voters outnumber men this time are largely in rural areas spread across 28 of the 34 election districts of the state.
These districts are Bagalkot, Bangalore Rural, Belgaum, Bellary, Bijapur, Chamarajnagar, Chikkaballapur, Chikkmagalur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davangere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagaram, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Vijayanagara and Yadgir.
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According to the data, the Mangalore City South constituency has the highest gender ratio of electors (1,091 women per 1,000 men), while Mahadevapura seat the lowest (858 women per 1,000 men). Meanwhile, in all, 140 seats have a higher gender ratio of electors than the state’s overall average of 989.
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If comparing to 2013, Karnataka has seen a significant rise in the elector-gender ratio as participation of women voters in the past two Assembly elections in Karnataka and it has narrowed the gap in turnout as compared to men.
Earlier, in the year 2013, the state of Karnataka saw 70.47% women voters, which increased to 71.53% in 2018. Compared to this, the turnout of men increased marginally – from 72.40% in 2013 to 72.68% in 2018. Also, in the 2008 Assembly elections, male and female turnout stood at 66.2% and 63.1%, respectively.
According to the latest data, the gender ratio of electors is the highest (1,225) for the over 80 age group, while the lowest (816) is in the 18-19 age group. In the other age groups, the gender ratio stood at 943 for 20-29 year age group, 1,014 for 30-39 year age group, 952 for 40-49 year age group, 1,013 for 50-59 year age group, 1,021 for 60-69 year age group and 1,059 for 70-79 year age group.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the turnout of women voters across the country exceeded men’s turnout by 0.17%, gradually increasing over the years from -16.71% in 1962.