'Women voters scripted history in 2024 Lok Sabha polls': CEC Rajiv Kumar

A day ahead of the counting day, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar briefing the media, outlined how women voters turned up in record numbers during the just concluded parliamentary polls. He added that the turnout marks the highest in the world.

"Voters scripted history in 2024. Over 31 crore women cast their vote. Over 64 crore votes have been cast in these elections," CEC Rajiv Kumar said at the presser.

Commenting on the efficacy of India's election mechanism and the role of the electorate, the CEC said: “We have created a world record of 642 million proud Indian voters. This is a historic moment for all of us. This is just to give you some small statistics. This is 1.5 times of the voters of all G7 countries - US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada.. all put together."

Drawing a comparison with the electorate in other major democracies, he said, the poll body is comparing voters and not electors and it is 2.5 times of the voters of 27 counties in the EU. " That has been the incredible power of the voters of India. There are 312 million proud women voters. This is also the highest ever in the world. It is larger than the 2019 elections.. Both the total and the women voters. We must cherish this," stated Rajiv Kumar.