women representation in loksabha
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Representation of women members in Lok Sabha and their participation in general elections as contestants are increasing. General Election- 2009 sent the highest number of women in Lok Sabha, 59, while in previous House the number was 45. (See Graph 1)
15th Lok Sabha had 10.86% of women membership with 13th Lok Sabha too being close to it in having 9.02% of women members (See Graph 2). From 1996, Lower House always had at least 40 women elects.
The lowest number of women elected to the Lok Sabha was in 1977 when only 19 women reached the Lower House, which was only 3.50% of the total Lok Sabha seats (542 at that time). There was no other occasion in the history when the women did not even reach the mark of 20.
Explanation:
63.65%
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