RAIPUR: Women have emerged as the driving force behind the democratic pulse in Chhattisgarh, outvoting their male counterparts in a staggering 50 constituencies during the state assembly elections, leaving political parties grappling with this trend.
As per the data released by the election commission after two phases of polling on November 7 and 17 in 20 and 70 constituencies respectively, a staggering 7812631 females, out of the total 1.25 crore women, exercised their democratic rights. As many as 77,48,631 males went to the polling stations across the state.
