{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "gender",
  "product": "gender",
  "source": "Election Commission of India, as reprinted in MoSPI's Women and Men in India 2025 (table 5.6)",
  "agency": "Election Commission of India",
  "compendiumTable": "5.6",
  "indicatorCode": 128,
  "base": "as published",
  "frequency": "irregular",
  "unit": "mixed",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "geo": "IND",
  "latestPeriod": "2024",
  "releaseDate": "2026-04-29",
  "revisionPolicy": "Each indicator is final as its underlying source publishes; the compendium is a curated cross-source portrait, never a single survey.",
  "coverage": "Number of Electors and Percentage of Electors Voting in Various General Elections",
  "periodLabels": {
   "1952-01-01": "1952",
   "1957-01-01": "1957",
   "1962-01-01": "1962",
   "1967-01-01": "1967",
   "1971-01-01": "1971",
   "1977-01-01": "1977",
   "1980-01-01": "1980",
   "1984-01-01": "1984",
   "1989-01-01": "1989",
   "1991-01-01": "1991",
   "1996-01-01": "1996",
   "1998-01-01": "1998",
   "1999-01-01": "1999",
   "2004-01-01": "2004",
   "2009-01-01": "2009",
   "2014-01-01": "2014",
   "2019-01-01": "2019",
   "2024-01-01": "2024"
  },
  "cut": "Measure and sex",
  "note": "MoSPI's compendium reprints this table from Election Commission of India; the figures are that agency's. Values printed as \"-\" (no observation) or \"NR\" (not reported) are not baked; meta.omitted counts them.",
  "omitted": {}
 },
 "dates": [
  "1952-01-01",
  "1957-01-01",
  "1962-01-01",
  "1967-01-01",
  "1971-01-01",
  "1977-01-01",
  "1980-01-01",
  "1984-01-01",
  "1989-01-01",
  "1991-01-01",
  "1996-01-01",
  "1998-01-01",
  "1999-01-01",
  "2004-01-01",
  "2009-01-01",
  "2014-01-01",
  "2019-01-01",
  "2024-01-01"
 ],
 "series": {
  "percentage_of_electors_participating_in_the_election__total__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t128_percentage_of_electors_participating_in_the_election__total__all_india",
   "label": "Percentage of electors participating in the election, Total, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    61.2,
    62.2,
    55.4,
    61.3,
    55.3,
    60.5,
    56.9,
    63.6,
    62,
    56.7,
    57.9,
    62,
    59.9,
    58.1,
    58.1,
    66.4,
    67.4,
    65.7
   ],
   "group": "Percentage of electors participating in the election",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "total_number_of_electors_in_millions__total__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t128_total_number_of_electors_in_millions__total__all_india",
   "label": "Total number of electors (in millions), Total, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "million_persons",
   "data": [
    173.2,
    193.7,
    216.4,
    249,
    274.2,
    321.2,
    355.6,
    400.3,
    498.9,
    498.4,
    592.6,
    605.9,
    619.5,
    671.5,
    716.9,
    834.1,
    911.9,
    978
   ],
   "group": "Total number of electors (in millions)",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "percentage_of_electors_participating_in_the_election__male__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t128_percentage_of_electors_participating_in_the_election__male__all_india",
   "label": "Percentage of electors participating in the election, Male, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    null,
    null,
    62,
    66.7,
    null,
    65.6,
    62.2,
    68.4,
    66.1,
    61.6,
    62.1,
    65.7,
    63.9,
    62.2,
    60.3,
    67.1,
    67,
    65.6
   ],
   "group": "Percentage of electors participating in the election",
   "geo": "All India",
   "gaps": [
    "1971-01-01"
   ],
   "gapsNote": "The compendium prints no figure for this cut in these periods."
  },
  "percentage_of_electors_participating_in_the_election__female__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t128_percentage_of_electors_participating_in_the_election__female__all_india",
   "label": "Percentage of electors participating in the election, Female, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    null,
    null,
    46.6,
    55.5,
    null,
    54.9,
    51.2,
    59.2,
    57.3,
    51.4,
    53.4,
    57.9,
    55.6,
    53.6,
    55.8,
    65.6,
    67.2,
    65.8
   ],
   "group": "Percentage of electors participating in the election",
   "geo": "All India",
   "gaps": [
    "1971-01-01"
   ],
   "gapsNote": "The compendium prints no figure for this cut in these periods."
  },
  "total_number_of_electors_in_millions__male__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t128_total_number_of_electors_in_millions__male__all_india",
   "label": "Total number of electors (in millions), Male, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "million_persons",
   "data": [
    null,
    null,
    113.9,
    129.6,
    143.6,
    167,
    185.2,
    208,
    262,
    261.8,
    309.8,
    316.7,
    323.8,
    349.5,
    374.7,
    437,
    473.4,
    502.4
   ],
   "group": "Total number of electors (in millions)",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "total_number_of_electors_in_millions__female__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t128_total_number_of_electors_in_millions__female__all_india",
   "label": "Total number of electors (in millions), Female, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "million_persons",
   "data": [
    null,
    null,
    102.4,
    119.4,
    130.6,
    154.2,
    170.3,
    192.3,
    236.9,
    234.5,
    282.8,
    289.2,
    295.7,
    322,
    342.2,
    397,
    438.5,
    475.5
   ],
   "group": "Total number of electors (in millions)",
   "geo": "All India"
  }
 }
}