North Mumbai, North Bangalore see highest transgender turnout

North Mumbai Lok Sabha constituency witnessed the highest turnout of transgenders followed by the North Bangalore. Enrolling transgenders in the "other" category was started recently. 38,325 voters are listed in the 'others' category across the country.

New Delhi: North Mumbai Lok Sabha seat with 167 votes saw the highest turnout of transgenders as the voters listed in "other" category, according to the preliminary data in Election Commission's Voter turnout app. North Bangalore had the second highest turnout in "other" segment with 105 votes followed by 72 in Kalyan, 71 in Puducherry, 64 in Tiruchirapalli and 55 in Chennai Central, according to the voters turn out figure till phase 6 of the Lok Sabha elections.

In most of the constituencies, the number of votes polled by transgenders was nil or below 10 with exceptions in big cities. The turnout in Bangalore North was only 54.66 percent. In the national capital, the highest 46 votes were polled in Chandni Chowk in 'other' category.

Among smaller cities where transgender turnout was in double digits include Nandyal (71) and Kadapa (68) in Andhra Pradesh, Bhopal (66) in Madhya Pradesh, Raipur (33) in Chhattisgarh, Anand (30) in Gujarat and Haridwar (22) in Uttarakhand.

Enrolling transgenders in the "other" category is a recent phenomenon but very few have come out to register themselves. Only 38,325 voters are listed in the 'others' category across the country. Karnataka alone has over 4,000 'other' voters while the number is over 1,800 in Maharashtra and 660 in Delhi.

According to the 2011 census, India's transgender population stands at 4.9 lakh.