A big and positive news has come out regarding women voters in the country. According to SBI research report Lok Sabha elections Between 2014 and 2024, the number of women voters has increased rapidly due to government schemes. According to the data released by the Election Commission of India, the total voters in 2014 were 83.4 crore, which has increased to 97.8 crore in 2024. Let us tell you that the number of women voters has increased the most in this. Today we will tell you what the SBI Research Report has given as the reason behind the increasing number of women voters.
Number of women voters reached equal to men
According to the research report of ACBI, due to government schemes, between 2014 and 2024, the number of women voters has reached almost equal to that of men. SBI Research team has prepared a report based on the data released by the Election Commission, according to which there are now 95 female voters for every 100 male voters in the country. The number of women voters has increased in the last 10 years.
This many voters voted in 10 years
According to SBI report, more than 90 million voters have used their franchise in the last decade. About 58% of them were women, in simple language about 5.3 crore women voters have voted. These figures show that there has been an increase in the political activism of women in India.
Has the number of women voters increased due to these schemes?
Let us tell you that the Election Commission has said that there has been an increase of 1.8 crore women voters in 2024, which is a significant figure as compared to 2019. According to the research report, there are women-centric government schemes behind this. Know which schemes have increased the number of women voters according to the research report.
• Let us tell you that 45 lakh women have become voters due to increase in literacy.
• Apart from this, 36 lakh women have voted because of employment and Mudra scheme.
• 20 lakh women went to vote to become house owners under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
• 21 lakh women have voted due to improvement in access to sanitation, electricity and water.
Number of women voters increased due to central women schemes
According to SBI Research, in the 19 states of the country where the benefits of central schemes have been availed, the number of women voters has increased by 7.8 lakh. But after 2019, in the states where the scheme has not been implemented well, only 2.5 lakh women voters have increased. To put it in simple language, the number of women voters has increased rapidly in the places where the scheme has reached.
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