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VOL. 10, ISSUE 4 (2025)
Women voters as the new electoral kingmakers: Examining the gender turnout gap and pro-incumbency trends in India’s 2025 elections
Authors
Pradyuman S. Khileri
Abstract
The 2025 elections will be a big change in the electoral situation in
India, as women have become the key political players. This paper will discuss
the increasing gap in gender turnout, whereby the attendance of females
overrides that of men and how this has been linked to the increasing
pro-incumbency pattern. Based on the evidence of Election Commission
statistics, constituency-specific findings and the secondary evidence provided
in the form of surveys, the paper contends that the influence of welfare programmes,
improved mobility, and heightened political awareness have empowered the
electoral participation of women. The results reveal a positive correlation
between increased female turnout and incumbents' move to share, which can be
interpreted as a gendered trend in method of voting stability with matured
benefits of welfare, fears of security and tendency to conservation. The
examples of case studies of major states demonstrate how women's votes
transformed the election results, and it was an indicator of a structural
change in the Indian democracy. The paper concludes that women are becoming the
new electoral kingmakers, forcing parties to realign their strategies towards
governance delivery as well as policy-making based on gender.
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Pages:35-39
How to cite this article:
Pradyuman S. Khileri "Women voters as the new electoral kingmakers: Examining the gender turnout gap and pro-incumbency trends in India’s 2025 elections". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Education and Research, Vol 10, Issue 4, 2025, Pages 35-39
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