Current Affairs - National - Discussion

Between January 2025 and August 2025, the female electorate in the draft rolls fell from 3.72 crore to 3.41 crore, amounting to a net deletion of around 31 lakh voters and representing an 8.3% decrease. This decline was notably higher than the male deletion rate of 6.1%, with 37 out of 38 districts recording greater female voter deletions. The disparity cannot be explained by death rates or migration patterns, as men typically migrate more. Instead, low female literacy rates and challenges in completing self-enumeration forms during the Special Intensive Revision are considered likely causes, possibly compounded by administrative verification issues.