Mumbai, May 22: The Mumbai (North) Lok Sabha seat with 167 votes saw the highest turnout of transgender voters, followed by Bengaluru (North) constituency. According to the preliminary data in Election Commission's Voter turnout app, the voters listed in "other" category continue to be low all across the country.
In most of the constituencies, the number of votes polled by transgenders voters was nil or below 10 with exceptions in big cities.
Bengaluru (North) had the second highest turnout in "other" segment with 105 votes followed by 72 in Kalyan, 71 in Puducherry, 64 in Tiruchirapalli and 55 in Chennai Central, according to the voters turn out figure till phase 6 of the Lok Sabha elections, according to the EC app.
Mumbai and Bengaluru constituencies otherwise saw low voter turnouts. The turnout in Bengaluru (North) was only 54.66 per cent.
Among smaller cities where transgender persons turnout was in double digits include Nandyal (71) and Kadapa (68) in Andhra Pradesh, Bhopal (66) in Madhya Pradesh, Raipur (33) in Chhattisgarh, Anand (30) in Gujarat and Haridwar (22) in Uttarakhand.
Enrolling transgenders in the "other" category is a recent development but very few people have come out to register. Only 38,325 voters are listed in the others category across the country. Karnataka alone has over 4,000 other voters while the number is over 1,800 in Maharashtra and 660 in Delhi.
Transgender persons form a minuscule component of 900 million strong Indian electorate. According to 2011 census, India's transgender persons population stands at 4.9 lakh. In the national capital, the highest 46 votes were polled in Chandni Chowk in other category.
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