LUCKNOW: INDIA bloc won 12 of the 17 UP seats — a strike rate of 70% — where women voter turnout was more than men in absolute numbers.
Congress’s Rahul Gandhi and Kishori Lal Sharma won with more than 3.9 lakh and 1.6 lakh votes in Rae Bareli and Amethi, where 5,23,822 and 4,92,861 women voted, respectively. The other 10 seats were won by SP in Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Ambedkar Nagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Salempur, Lalganj and Machhlishahr.
The remaining five seats where more women voted than men were Domariyaganj, Bansgaon, Maharajganj, Kushinagar and Deoria. BJP was winning or leading in them.