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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
Contesting Candidates:
l Number of Female Contesting Candidates was 800, compared to 726
Female Contesting Candidates in 2019.
l State with the highest number of Female Contesting candidates:
Maharashtra [111] followed by Uttar Pradesh [80] and Tamil Nadu [77].
l No Female Contesting candidates in 152 PCs out of all 543 Pcs
Participation of Females as Contesting Candidates [1957 - 2024]
16.0 14.4
14.0 13.6
12.0 9.0 10.9 11.4
Share (%) 8.0 6.3 5.6 5.6 5.3 7.9 5.5 7.3 7.4 7.9 8.3 8.1 9.0 9.6
10.0
6.0
4.0 4.5 3.5 5.8 6.1 6.5 6.9
2.0 3.0 3.3 2.9 2.2 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.8 4.3
0.0
1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984-85 1989 1991-92 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024
Year of GEs to Lok Sabha
Share (%) of Female as Contesting Candidates Share (%) of Female in Elected Candidates
xvii
