New Delhi: In phase 1 of the Jharkhand assembly elections, women voted in greater numbers than men, with 37 out of 43 seats seeing a higher female turnout, the Election Commission announced on Friday.
Additionally, 66.65% of voters cast ballots in the first round of voting on November 13, which was 2.75 per cent more than the turnout in the 2019 assembly elections for these 43 seats.
"Women voters participated enthusiastically, surpassing the overall male turnout by 4.8 per cent, underscoring their increasing involvement in shaping the democratic process," EC said.
Jharkhand chief electoral officer has confirmed that all polling parties have returned safely and scrutiny has been completed in the presence of the candidates or their authorised agents.
Final votes polled will be available post-counting with the counting of postal ballots. Postal ballots include those given to service voters, absentee voters -- those above 85 years of age, persons with disability, those deployed in essential services and voters on election duty.
Daily accounts of such postal ballots received, according to the established guidelines, are given to all candidates, the poll authority noted.
With PTI inputs