UP: Allahabad South assembly seat sees full participation of transgender community

ALLAHABAD: Allahabad South assembly seat in Allahabad parliamentary constituency witnessed the cent percent voting by the enrolled voters of the transgender community in the polling held on Sunday.
Ironically, there was no participation of enrolled voters of the transgender community in casting their vote in six assembly segments of the district including Handia, Karchana, Bara, Koraon, Phaphamau and Allahabad West.
Data released by district election office revealed that all the 115 enrolled voters of the transgender community in the Allahabad South constituency cast their franchise followed by Meja ( 15.38%), Soraon (15.38%) Phulpur ( 5.45%) , and Allahabad North (1.27%).
Data also revealed that around 61.58 percent enrolled voters belonging to transgender community took part in casting their votes in Allahabad parliamentary constituency where the figure stood 3.74% only in Phulpur parliamentary constituency.
There were a total of 190 enrolled voters of transgender community including Meja (13), Karchana (26), Allahabad South (115), Bara (17) and Koraon (19). Out of 190 members, 117 enrolled voters had cast their votes including 115 in Allahabad South and two member in Meja.
Similarly, there was a total of 214 enrolled voters from the transgender community in Phulpur parliamentary constituency including Phaphamau (15) , Soraon (26), Phulpur (55) , Allahabad West (39) and Allahabad North (79) but only 8 of them including four in Soraon, three in Phulpur and one in Allahabad North cast their votes .
As far as Pratappur and Handia assembly seats are concerned, they have 34 and 49 enrolled voters from transgender community respectively but two enrolled voters had cast their vote. These duo assembly seats come under Bhadohi parliamentary constituency.
Interestingly, transgender community enrolled voters took interest in voting in Allahabad parliamentary constituency wherein a kinnar high priest Bhawani Maa was contesting on the ticket of Aam Admi Party (AAP). This was the first time when a member from transgender community had contested the poll in Allahabad parliamentary constituency to press the life of dignity.