Are Indian women voters shifting right — or just voting smart?

Hasan SuroorTIMESOFINDIA.COM
May 25, 2026 | 15:18 IST
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As women voters across Western democracies increasingly align themselves with progressive and left-wing politics, India is witnessing a strikingly different trend — one that is helping strengthen the BJP’s rise across regions, classes and generations


That old saying about “men being from Mars and women from Venus”, referring to inherent differences between them — how they think, feel, and behave differently — now apparently extends to their political and ideological preferences, too, with women tending to tilt towards the Left and men towards Right.
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