FRANCHISE IN INDIA.
RESPONSE TO THE MASSES. An official report on the recent elections to the new Legislature in the province of Bihar, India, is an illuminating commentary on how India’s newly enfranchised masses exercised the vote. In the elections for the Lower House, it is stated, 59.2 per cent, of votes were recorded, and for the Upper House OG.I per cent. Impersonation of voters was considerable, but loss common than was expected, and the recording of votes by post is described n.s having revealed defects. Not altogether surprising is the fact that aboriginal men and women workers recorded a higher percentage of votes than their more sheltered sisters. In urban areas the percentage of women who voted was about 2(1. while in rural constituencies the average was about one Hindu woman in 25 and one Moslem in 60.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 254, 7 August 1937, Page 5
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139FRANCHISE IN INDIA. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 254, 7 August 1937, Page 5
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