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Women contestants at seven per cent in polls
The reservation bill, which is yet to be passed in Parliament may aim at 33 per cent quota for women in Lok Sabha, but only seven per cent of total contestants in the first phase of polls tomorrow belong to the fairer sex.
The reservation bill, which is yet to be passed in Parliament may aim at 33 per cent quota for women in Lok Sabha, but only seven per cent of total contestants in the first phase of polls tomorrow belong to the fairer sex.
Of the 1,103 candidates entering the fray for 140 Lok Sabha seats on April 20, only 81 are women.
According to the statistics released by the Election Commission, a maximum of 16 women out of 210 candidates in the fray for the 24 seats in Maharashtra.
There are only four women out of 146 candidates fighting for 11 seats in Bihar, followed by 14 out of 132 candidates for 21 seats in Andhra Pradesh, 12 out of 102 in Chattisgarh's 11 seats, and 11 out of 162 for 26 seats of Gujarat.
There are only one woman candidate each in Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Dadra-Nagar Haveli, while there are no women contesting in Meghalaya, Mizoram and Daman and Diu.
