NUMBERSPEAK | No Room for Women in This ‘House’: Lok Sabha Has 15% Female MPs, Assemblies No Better

At the time of the first Lok Sabha, the share of women in the House was less than five per cent. In the next 68 years, in 2019, it reached about 15 per cent. For women representation to reach 33 per cent in Lok Sabha, it would take another 50 years, if not moreAt the time of the first Lok Sabha, the share of women in the House was less than five per cent. In the next 68 years, in 2019, it reached about 15 per cent. For women representation to reach 33 per cent in Lok Sabha, it would take another 50 years, if not more