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Electoral Behaviour and Gender in India: Changing Patterns of Women's Voting Participation

Author(s) Anjuma Ahmed Nargis
Country India
Abstract Women’s participation in electoral politics in India has undergone a significant transformation, particularly since the 1990s. This study explores the trend of women's voting and investigates the changing electoral behaviour and political agendas of female voters. The study is based exclusively on secondary data, including gender-disaggregated electoral statistics from the Election Commission of India, National Election Studies (NES) data available through Lokniti-CSDS, and relevant scholarly literature. The study examines the gender gap in voter turnout and analyses the factors contributing to women's increased participation recently. Previous studies have found female literacy, media exposure, political awareness, campaign participation and self-empowerment processes to be significant factors in explaining the increase in female turnout (Kumar, S., & Gupta, P., 2015). The study concludes that the historical gap in turnout between men and women has significantly decreased and women have become a growing force in the electorate. This shift is an important aspect of an ongoing feminisation of Indian electoral politics (Kapoor, M., & Ravi, S., 2014). Nevertheless, there is no proportional representation of women in political parties and legislative bodies in relation to an increase in electoral participation. The study findings indicate that women's participation in elections is associated with increased electoral agency, but that there is still a lot of work to be done to achieve gender equality in political representation.
Keywords Women voters; Electoral behaviour; Gender; Voter turnout; Political participation; Political agency
Discipline Sociology > Politics
Published In Volume 3, Issue 5, September-October 2025
Published On 2025-09-06
DOI https://doi.org/10.62127/aijmr.2025.v03i05.1508
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