A total of 46.29 lakh more female votes were cast in the 2024 Assembly elections as compared to the election in 2019. Similarly, 45.26 lakh more male votes were cast in this year’s elections. Though the actual number of female voters is slightly higher, voting by male voters increased by 8 percentage points from 58.5 per cent to 66.8 per cent. There was hardly a 1 percentage point increase in female voters, from 64.2 per cent in 2019 to 65.2 per cent this year.

In 2019, there were a total of 4.93 crore registered male voters. Over the last five years, there has been an increase of 7.15 lakh registered male voters. During the same period, female voters increased by around 64 lakh, from 4.05 crore to 4.69 crore. This election, the overall voting percentage rose by 5 percentage points across the state. Overall, the state witnessed a surge of 89.26 lakh votes in the 2024 Assembly elections. A total of 6.4 crore votes were cast on November 20, which surpassed the 2019 voter turnout of 5.51 crore votes with a 17.28 per cent increase. The figures include votes cast by members of the transgender community.