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Women candidates grew from 1957: ECI
Context
The number of women candidates grew 16-fold from 1957 to 2019, as per latest ECI data.
Key-highlights of the Data
- In 1957, there were just 45 women candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election; by 2019, this figure had risen to 726.
- The percentage of women in Parliament has increased from 4.5% in 1957 to 14.4% in 2019.
- The number of male candidates has grown from 1,474 in 1957 to 7,322 in 2019.
- This means that the number of men contesting has multiplied by five times; for women, the growth has been 16-fold.
- In 1957, a mere 2.9% of candidates were women; in 2019, they make up around 9% of the total pool of candidates.
- However, the number of women candidates has never yet crossed 1,000.
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