Bihar’s Mahila vote: Women outnumbered men in 130 constituencies, NDA won 88% of these seats

New Delhi: Women voters outnumbered men in at least 130 assembly constituencies in Bihar. Out of these, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won 114— almost 88 percent of the constituencies where more women voted than men.

While the NDA wrested a record 202 out of the 243 seats in Bihar, the government’s payment of Rs 10,000 to women under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana is being considered a major contributing factor for the landslide win.

The assembly polls witnessed the record-breaking participation of women voters—71.6 percent—the highest since 1962, when the men’s and women’s voter turnouts seem to have first been taken into account. Show Full Article

Over 1.41 crore women have received Rs 10,000 each under the scheme since it was launched in late September. The direct