Women voters at a polling station at Latheri in K.V. Kuppam Assembly Constituency during the Assembly elections held on April 23, 2026.
| Photo Credit: C. VENKATACHALAPATHY
For the first time in the last four Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, women have accounted for over 80% of additional voters in 2026.
Of about 25.3 lakh more votes polled this time than in the 2021 election, around 20.8 lakh have come from women, taking their share to approximately 82%. In the previous three elections (2011, 2016, and 2021), women had more or less shared the honours with men for the increase in voter turnout. The share in 2011 was a little less than 60%, whereas it was about 50% on the two other occasions.
Published – May 04, 2026 12:17 am IST
