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9. Gender-wise Voting Percentage from General

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Elections 3 to 17 Lok Sabha

The voting percentage in the general elections show interesting patterns. One such pattern is
the increasing percentage of participation of female voters in one of the largest democratic

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exercises in the world. The female voting percentage has increased from 46.63% in 3 Lok Sabha
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to 67.18% in 17 Lok Sabha. 2019 general elections, for the first-time female voting percentage
exceed male voting percentage.

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While male voting percentage in 17 Lok Sabha was 67.01%, female voting percentage was
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67.18%. The data regarding gender-wise voting percentage from 3 Lok Sabha to 17 Lok Sabha
is given below:

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