West Bengal’s female to male voter ratio of 968:1,000 is higher than the national figure of 948:1,000; in the Murshidabad, Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, Malda, and Jangipur Lok Sabha seats, women voters outnumbered men
The traditional media’s shift to more provocative, biased content for survival, may have ensured its death
Five seats go to the polls in the State on May 20. Of the 80 candidates in the fray, 13 face serious criminal cases, three contestants have cases related to crime against women, one faces rape charges