The number of women voters in Haryana has swelled over the years.In the ensuing Haryana Vidhan Sabha elections 2014, as many as 74,49,287 women voters will cast their votes while in the 1967 polls, their number aggregated only 20,57,541.
The voters’ list has been updated by the Election Department up to July 31, 2014.There are total 1,62,60,139 voters till July 31, 2014 as per census out of which 102,022 are service voters. There are 87,78,288 male voters in the state including 69,458 service voters and 74,81,851 female voters in the state including 32,564 service voters.
Giving information, a spokesman of Election Department said that Haryana’s Badshahpur Vidhan Sabha Assembly Constituency has the highest number of voters 3,13,082, while Narnaul Assembly Constituency has the lowest number of voters 1,26,605.Similarly, Badshahpur Assembly Constituency has the highest number of male voters 1,65,352 and 1,47,739 women voters while in Narnaul Assembly Constituency has the lowest number of male voters 67,418 and 59,187 women voters.
In the 1968 Vidhan Sabha elections, women voters totaled 21,30,120 and in 1972, their number soared to 23,99,536. In 1977, there were 27,87,124 women voters; in 1982, 33,39,032; and in 1987, 40,59,951 women voters. In 1991, women voters aggregated 44,84,426; in 1996, 51,46,835 while in 2000, there were 50,72,844 women voters.
In the 2005 Vidhan Sabha elections, the number of women voters was 58,32,156 while in 2009, their number rose to 59,67,250, said a spokesperson of the Haryana Election Commission.According to constituency-wise breakup of women voters, in Gurgaon Assembly constituency, the number of woman voters aggregated 1,39,058; in Ambala City 1,08,827; Fatehabad 1,02,214; Kosli 99,247; Badkhal 98,398; Tigaon 97,564; Karnal 97,292; Tohana 95,441; Rewari 94,202; Panipat (city) 93,932; Ratia (SC) 92,389; Yamunanagar 92,261; Asandh 92,195; and Panipat (rural) 91,951.
Besides, Faridabad NIT has 91,545 women voters; Pataudi (SC) 90,824; Panchkula 90,757; Faridabad 89,367; Jagadhri 89,343; Sadhura (SC) 89,080; Palwal 89,025; Sohana 88,643; Mullana 88,267; Gharaunda 86,927; Bawal (SC) 86,823; Sirsa 86,261 and Ballabhgarh has 86,002 women voters.