Ladki Bahin Yojana impact? Mumbai, nearby districts see surge in women voters

In 2019, 46.78 per cent and 49.21 per cent of women had formed their votes successful Mumbai metropolis and suburbs, respectively. This clip around, the percent accrued to 53.42 per cent and 56.74 per cent, a 6.64 and 7.53 percent constituent jump, respectively.

Similarly, successful Thane, the percent of women voters accrued from 45.65 per cent successful 2019 to 57.11 per cent connected November 20, an 11.46 percent constituent increase. The inclination continued successful Palghar excessively wherever the percent of women voters accrued from 58 per cent successful 2019 to 67 per cent this time, an summation of 9 percent points.

Unlike the 2019 Assembly elections, the fig of women voters besides outnumbered the men successful the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, an country comprising Mumbai and its outer towns which accounts for 60 Assembly segments retired of the full 288 Assembly seats.

Around 53.34 lakh women voted successful the 4 districts of the MMR region, which is astir 13 lakh much than successful the 2019 elections erstwhile 40.18 lakh women voted here.

Just similar Mumbai, much women voted successful neighbouring Palghar and Thane districts too. While Palghar territory recorded a 67.01 per cent women elector turnout arsenic compared to 66.27 per cent men, Thane, the location turf of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, saw a 57.11 per cent women elector turnout and 56.79 per cent men voting.

The summation successful women voters has raised the hopes of the ruling Mahayuti government.

“Definitely, the Ladki Bahin Yojana has worked successful favour of the Mahayuti. Women are blessed and empowered owed to the strategy and different payment policies. The Ladki Bahin strategy has been implemented successful the past six months and it volition proceed successful the aboriginal arsenic well. Such a strategy was ne'er implemented successful the authorities before. Because of this scheme, determination is simply a feeling among women that determination is astatine slightest 1 authorities which is reasoning astir them and that whitethorn beryllium the crushed that a ample fig of women person travel retired to ballot successful enactment of the government,” Shiv Sena MLC Manisha Kayande said.

Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had besides said connected Thursday that the government’s flagship women-centric strategy could person played a relation successful the emergence successful women voters successful the state.

Another Shiv Sena person agreed. “The summation successful women’s information is simply a bully motion for the Mahayuti… women look blessed with the enactment the authorities has been doing truthful they person voted successful ample numbers to guarantee that the authorities returns,” the person said.

Opposition leaders, however, said that the emergence successful women voters would enactment successful their favour.

Better wide turnout successful Mumbai

Mumbai fared amended connected the elector turnout beforehand successful this year’s Assembly elections than successful 2019 with Mumbai metropolis and its suburbs signaling an estimated 52.65 and 56.39 per cent polling, respectively.

Even though Mumbai’s turnout was debased compared to the state’s average, the elector turnout bettered the 2019 polls erstwhile the last elector turnout successful Mumbai metropolis and suburbs stood astatine 48.22 and 51.28 per cent, respectively.

At 44.44 per cent, the Colaba Assembly conception recorded the lowest turnout successful the metropolis portion the Bhandup West conception recorded the highest, astatine 62.88 per cent, followed by Borivali astatine 62.32 per cent.