Women voters would play a decisive role, making or marring the prospects of the candidates up in the fray during the urban local body elections in at least two districts of the state.
In Udham Singh Nagar and Pithoragarh districts, the women voters outnumber men, thus holding the key for the ULB elections. In the 84 ULBs, the elections for which would be held on November 18, a total of 2357840 voters would exercise their franchise.
The number of male voters in these ULBs is 1209813 while 1148027 female voters are eligible to cast their votes. In Udham Singh Nagar district, there are 252592 female voters which are more than the male voters the number of whom is 235147.
Similarly in Pithoragarh district, the number of female voters is 25452 while there are 23826 male voters.
Apart from these women-dominant districts, there are only 42 males more in Bageshwar district. Here there are 9853 male voters while the number of female voters is 9811.