Women’s Day Special: Which state has the highest number of women MP the Lok Sabha? How many from Odisha…
Which state has the highest number of women MP the Lok Sabha? March 8 is celebrated as International Women’s Day all over the world. On this occasion, the role of women, their achievements, and their representation are discussed all over the world, including India. So in this context, today we will tell you what the representation of women MPs is in the lower house of the Indian Parliament, i.e., the Lok Sabha. Has it increased or decreased over time? Which state and party has the majority of the total women MPs?
We know that there are a total of 543 Lok Sabha MPs in the country. Last year, in the general elections held between April and June, 74 women MPs were elected. Thus, compared to the 17th Lok Sabha, the number of women MPs in the current Lok Sabha (18th Lok Sabha) has decreased rather than increased. If we talk in percentage terms, the representation of half the population in the current Lok Sabha is a little less than 14 percent. After the 2019 general elections, 78 women reached Parliament. you also read this story who is the 1st female chiefminister ?
How many MPs are from which party?
In the last Lok Sabha elections, the BJP gave tickets to 69 women. Out of which 31 were victorious. Similarly, five years ago in 2019, the BJP gave tickets to 56 women, out of which 41 won. After the ruling BJP, if we talk about the opposition Congress, then they gave tickets to 41 women candidates, out of which 13 were successful in winning the elections. Whereas, in 2019, the Congress gave tickets to 52 women, out of which only 6 reached the Lok Sabha.
cord in electing women MPs. This time, 11 women have reached the Lok Sabha on TMC tickets. This is two more than in the last elections. Currently, the Lok Sabha has five women MPs from the Samajwadi Party, three from the DMK, two from the LJP (Ram Bilas), two from the Janata Dal United, and seven from other parties. Now let’s look at the representation in the states.
Which state has the highest
representation of women MPs? If we talk about the representation of women MPs by state, then West Bengal has the highest number of women MPs in the House. Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal has sent 11 women to the Lower House in this Lok Sabha election. After West Bengal, Maharashtra was in second place. From which 7 women reached the Lok Sabha. Similarly, only 7 women reach Despite being a smaller party compared to the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, the Trinamool Congress has the best representation in the Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. Now let us come to the question of how the number of women MPs has increased.
Talking about Odisha, four women candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Lok Sabha elections last year. A total of 29 women candidates contested for the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, out of which four won and five came second.
Former IAS officer and BJP candidate Aparajita Sarangi, Sangeetha Kumari Singh Deo, a scion of the former royal family of Patna in Balangir district, Malvika Devi, a BJP candidate from the former royal family of Kalahandi district, and Anita Subhadrashini of the BJP in the Aska Lok Sabha constituency of Ganjam district. A total of 29 women candidates contested for the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha. Out of these 21 Lok Sabha seats, the BJP won 20. you also read who is the 1st female IPS
If we compare the last few Lok Sabha elections, then the number of women MPs has increased over time. In 1952, i.e., in the first Lok Sabha elections, only 12 women MPs were elected. This was about four and a half percent of the total number of MPs. In the general elections held a decade later, the proportion of women MPs increased to more than 6 percent. A decade later, in the 1971 general elections, it fell to less than four percent.
Since 1971, women’s representation in parliament has increased, albeit slowly. In the 1991 general election, 49 women MPs entered the lower house as MPs, but this figure was less than ten percent. In 2009, for the first time, women’s representation exceeded 10 percent. This was followed by 62 women MPs in 2014 and 78 in 2019. As of today, women MPs represent less than 14 percent of the Indian Parliament, much lower than South Africa’s 46 percent and the UK’s 35 percent.
ALSO READ:How can a woman protect her self respect ?
