Gujarat polls: Handiest 9 p.c ladies applicants in fray

Via IANS

NEW DELHI: Handiest 9 p.c of girls applicants are within the fray for the Gujarat Meeting polls. Alternatively, that is 2 p.c upper than in 2017.

The 182-member Gujarat Meeting will move to the polls in two levels on December 1 and 5, whilst the counting of votes will likely be taken up on December 5.

By the way, ladies’s participation has long past up as in comparison to the 2017 Meeting polls. This time, a complete of 138 (9 p.c) feminine applicants are contesting the elections, as in comparison to 122 (7 p.c) in 2017, a file via Affiliation for Democratic Reforms (ADR) stated on Tuesday.

BJP has fielded 9 p.c ladies applicants, while Congress and AAP have fielded 7 p.c and four p.c ladies applicants respectively in Gujarat polls.

As consistent with the file, 997 (62 p.c) applicants have declared their tutorial qualification to be between fifth and twelfth usual, whilst 449 (28 p.c) applicants have declared having an academic qualification of graduate or above.

The file stated that 48 applicants are Degree holders and 85 applicants have declared themselves to be simply literate whilst 42 applicants are illiterate.

In a similar fashion, 561 (35 p.c) applicants have declared their age to be between 25 and 40 years, whilst 861 (53 p.c) applicants are elderly between 41 and 60 years.

There are 197 (12 p.c) applicants who’ve declared their age to be between 61 and 80 years, whilst two applicants are elderly above 80 years.

NEW DELHI: Handiest 9 p.c of girls applicants are within the fray for the Gujarat Meeting polls. Alternatively, that is 2 p.c upper than in 2017.

The 182-member Gujarat Meeting will move to the polls in two levels on December 1 and 5, whilst the counting of votes will likely be taken up on December 5.

By the way, ladies’s participation has long past up as in comparison to the 2017 Meeting polls. This time, a complete of 138 (9 p.c) feminine applicants are contesting the elections, as in comparison to 122 (7 p.c) in 2017, a file via Affiliation for Democratic Reforms (ADR) stated on Tuesday.

BJP has fielded 9 p.c ladies applicants, while Congress and AAP have fielded 7 p.c and four p.c ladies applicants respectively in Gujarat polls.

As consistent with the file, 997 (62 p.c) applicants have declared their tutorial qualification to be between fifth and twelfth usual, whilst 449 (28 p.c) applicants have declared having an academic qualification of graduate or above.

The file stated that 48 applicants are Degree holders and 85 applicants have declared themselves to be simply literate whilst 42 applicants are illiterate.

In a similar fashion, 561 (35 p.c) applicants have declared their age to be between 25 and 40 years, whilst 861 (53 p.c) applicants are elderly between 41 and 60 years.

There are 197 (12 p.c) applicants who’ve declared their age to be between 61 and 80 years, whilst two applicants are elderly above 80 years.