Women will be important in the votes in Kaushambi and Punjab

Prayagraj: Women make up 47% of the electorate overall; therefore, they should be significant players in the elections for the nearby parliamentary seats of Kaushambi and Pratapgarh.
In the two districts, voting will take place on May 20 and May 25, respectively.
There are 19,04,424 voters in total across the five assembly segments of the Kaushambi parliamentary seat: Babaganj, Kunda, Sirathu, Manjhanpur, and Chail (10,08,263 men and 8,93,292 women).

Of the 19.04 lakh voters, 2.85 lakh are under 30 years old. Similarly, there are 24,92,496 voters overall in the five assembly segments of the Pratapgarh parliamentary seat: Pratapgarh, Rampur Khas, Vishwanathganj, Patti, and Raniganj (13,20,147 males and 11,72,178 females). Approximately 4.58 lakh votes are under 30 years old. While the Pratapgarh district has 2,621 voting places in total, Kaushambi has up to 1277 polling places.
The BSP has not yet revealed its candidates for the Pratapgarh parliamentary constituency, while the BJP and the SP-Congress coalition have declared theirs. No female candidate has received any consideration from the BJP or Samajwadi Party.
Parties have also not yet revealed their nominees for the Kaushambi seat. But survey patterns from 2014 and 2019 show that women turned out to vote in significant numbers—more than 50%—and cast their ballots.
A political observer predicted that women voters in Kaushambi and Pratapgarh would be crucial to the candidates’ victories, adding that issues that primarily affect women—such as safety and security, education, and inflation—will be prominent in the district during this election. The other important variables include jobs, infrastructure, and roadways.
The fact that most of the men in these districts work in metropolises like Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, and so on while the women tend to their children in the villages and blocks is another important aspect at play here. The problem of jobs in home areas is a recurring theme in every panchayat, assembly, and parliamentary election.
The majority of rural-born women voters believe that their children’s futures are unclear and that governments should take the appropriate action to enable men to find work in their hometowns. There are very few educational institutions where kids can pursue further education.
Kshama, a teacher by trade, said, “Women are a step ahead to think about the future of the children and take decisions accordingly.” “With the changing trends and scenarios, women don’t follow the footprints of their male counterparts and prefer their own preferences in voting.”