2,666 more women than men turned up to exercise their right to franchise Women voters outnumbered their male counterparts in electing representatives to the powerful Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Leh, which governs the district politically. The elections to 26 constituencies of Leh Council were held on October 17. Official sources told The Tribune that a total of 53,134 voters out of the total 81,134 (40,858 male and 40,276 female) turned up to cast their vote in the Council poll. “An interesting trend was witnessed in these elections. Of…
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