Updated On: 22 May, 2019 10:21 AM IST | | mid-day online desk
In most of the constituencies, the number of votes polled by transgenders was nil or below 10 with exceptions in big cities

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Nearly 60 per cent female voters came out to exercise their franchise in Bihar in the Lok Sabha
elections as against just about 55 per cent turnout for men. As per the figures released by the Election Commission, the overall turnout for female voters stood at 59.92 per cent as against 55.26 per cent for men.
The constituencies which registered the highest female turnouts were Katihar (72.37), Supaul (71.64), Kishanganj (70.37), Araria (69.39), Purnea (68.15), Begusarai (67.13), Samastipur (66.74), Vaishali (66.62) and Ujiarpur (65.12).