KERALA is now the state with the second-highest electoral gender ratio in India. At 1,43,36,133, women constitute 51.56% of Kerala's total electorate, showed the data set brought out by the Election Commission of India recently. Among 36 states and UTs in the data set, Puducherry had the highest share of women electors (53.03%).
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