Figure 1: Rural versus Urban registration as percentage per age band 100 90 80 70 60 50 Rural 40 Urban 30 20 10 110+ 104 - 109 100 - 104 95 - 99 90 - 94 85 - 89 80 - 84 75 - 79 70 - 74 65 - 69 60 - 64 55 - 59 50 - 54 45 - 49 40 - 44 35 - 39 30 - 34 25 - 29 20 - 24 18 - 19 0 Registration by Gender The voters roll shows no gender bias when considered as a whole and superficially. Table 5 shows that the gender distribution of voters almost exactly matches the divide according to the census, with women outnumbering men on both by almost identical percentages, roughly 48%:52%. Table 5: Gender comparison – June Voters’ Roll and 2012 Census Male Census 6234931 48.06% Roll 2824458 48.08% Female 6738877 51.94% 3050651 51.93% Totals 12973808 100% 5874114 100% The roll numbers in regard are so precise a match (within 0.02% with the census) as to create the impression that they are neither chance nor driven by demographics. They also misleading. One must keep in mind that the 52:48 ratio on both is the ratio of females to males as per the 2012 Census and the ratio of women to men on the roll. It does not reflect the comparative registration rates, as Table 6 (over) demonstrates. The more complete data on the comparative registration rates is given in Appendix 4. 8