Gender-wise Composition of the Indian electorate
The electoral data as per the final publication of summary revision 2014 released by the Election Commission of India on 14 th February, 2014 shows that out of a total of 814,591,184 electors in the country, male electors constitute 52.4%, female electors 47.6% and electors belonging to the category “Others” constitute 0.0035%. Among the 28 states and 7 union territories, 21 states/UTs have a higher proportion of female electors than that of the national proportion of 47.6%. There are 8 states/UTs where the number of female electors exceeds that of male electors. Puducherry with 52.01% female electors has the highest proportion of female electors, followed by Kerala with 51.90%. The National Capital Territory of Delhi has the lowest proportion of female electors at 44.57%, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 45.20% female electors. 17 states/UTs have electors belonging to the “Others” category, with Karnataka having the largest number of such electors, followed by Uttar Pradesh.