Amroha district in western Uttar Pradesh that went to Assembly polls in the second phase on Wednesday, earned the rare distinction of registering a higher women voter percentage than male.
While the total poll percentage in four Assembly seats in the district was a record 72.28 per cent, the real reason for this huge polling was due to the massive voting by women.
District Magistrate Subhra Saxena said that while the voting percentage of females in the four seats was 73.94 per cent, that of the males was just 70.99 per cent.
According to the reports, Dhanaura Assembly seat polled 70.7 per cent votes in which male participation was 68.06 and female 72.42. Similarly in Naugaon Sadat seat, the total percentage of polling was 76.10 per cent with males accounting for 75 per cent and females 77 per cent.
In Amroha seat, the vote percentage was 68.64 and the share of male voters was 66.97 per cent against 69.41 per cent of the females. Simnilarly, in Hasanpur seat, the total vote percentage was 74.31 per cent with males 73.31 per and females 75.64 per cent.
In 2012 Assembly elections, the average poll percentage in the four seats of Amroha was 69.45 which rose to 72 per cent in the 2014 lok Sabha polls. In 2007 Assembly polls, the polling percentage in Amorha seats was just 58.96 per cent.