Women in the current Lok Sabha
From the beginning, the proportion of women and men in the Lok Sabha has been skewed — the representation of women in the Lok Sabha has never really matched their ratio in the population of India as a whole. And although we are yet to achieve that, the current Lok Sabha has the highest number of women in history.
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In India
In the Lok Sabha
WOMENMEN
At 63 out of 543, or
11.6%
the current Lok
Sabha has the
highest number of
women in it.
Out of India’s
twenty-eight states
and seven union
territories,
almost½
do not have a woman
representative in the
Lok Sabha
No women representatives
Less than 5% of MPs are women
5–15% of MPs are women
15–25% of MPs are women
More than 25% of MPs are women
51
is the average age of women
MPs in the Lok Sabha
(against 58 years for men)
18%
of women MPs have only
been to school
38%
women MPs have studied to
post graduate or higher
educational levels
WOMENMEN
Of the five Sitting Members of the Lok Sabha, two are currently women
Sushma Swaraj (Bharatiya Janta Party)
elected from Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh) is the
Leader of the Opposition.
Meira Kumar (Indian National Congress)
elected from Sasaram (Bihar) is the Speaker
of the House.
Data about India's population was obtained from figures of the 2011 census: http://www.devinfo.org/indiacensuspopulationtotals2011/stock/data/CSV_DataFiles/CensusInfo India 2011 Provisional Population Totals_2012_en.zip
Data regarding the Lok Sabha members, the states and union territories of their election, their age and educational qualifications was compiled from the official Lok Sabha website:
http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/women.aspx
http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/MemberSearchByAge.aspx
http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/MemberSearchByQualification.aspx
http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/sittingmember.aspx
The map of India seen here is a derivative of the map of India on Wikimedia Commons:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:India-locator-map-blank.svg
When calculating the average age of female Lok Sabha members, data for one MP, Kaisar Jahan, was missing.
Since nominated members are not elected, they were not included in the map of women representatives from states and UTs.
Data regarding the Lok Sabha members, the states and union territories of their election, their age and educational qualifications was compiled from the official Lok Sabha website:
http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/women.aspx
http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/MemberSearchByAge.aspx
http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/MemberSearchByQualification.aspx
http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/sittingmember.aspx
The map of India seen here is a derivative of the map of India on Wikimedia Commons:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:India-locator-map-blank.svg
When calculating the average age of female Lok Sabha members, data for one MP, Kaisar Jahan, was missing.
Since nominated members are not elected, they were not included in the map of women representatives from states and UTs.
