Women voters’ turn out in Mizoram assembly polls higher than men

Aizawl, Nov 11: In the November 7 Mizoram assembly election, 1.21 per cent more women voters exercised their franchise than their men counterparts, officials said on Saturday.
A senior election official quoting the final reports from all 11 districts said that in Tuesday’s incident free Mizoram Assembly elections, around 80.66 per cent (6,87,334) of the total of 8.57 lakh voters exercised their franchise to decide the electoral fate of 174 candidates, including 16 women.