{
  "id": "soc-lswomen-058",
  "question": "What share of Lok Sabha MPs are women?",
  "topic": "Society",
  "unit": "%",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "Women elected at each general election to the Lok Sabha, as a share of all candidates elected, from the Election Commission of India.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "Election Commission of India, An Atlas: Lok Sabha Elections 2024",
    "url": "https://www.eci.gov.in/EBooks/atlas-2024/files/basic-html/page137.html",
    "table": "Atlas 2024, Annexure II (Participation of Women in General Elections to Lok Sabha 1971–2024): elected candidates, share (%) of female",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2025-02-14",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "nextDueBy": "2029-06-23",
  "processing": "Copied as published.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "Election Commission of India",
    "survey": "An Atlas: Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Annexure II",
    "frequency": "Each general election to the Lok Sabha",
    "measures": "Women elected as a share of all candidates elected at each general election",
    "notes": [
      "The Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam) reserves one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women, from the first delimitation after the next census.",
      "Article 83(2): the Lok Sabha continues for five years from the date of its first meeting unless dissolved sooner; the 18th Lok Sabha first met on 24 June 2024."
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "1971",
      "start": "1971",
      "end": "1971",
      "value": 5.6
    },
    {
      "period": "1977",
      "start": "1977",
      "end": "1977",
      "value": 3.5
    },
    {
      "period": "1980",
      "start": "1980",
      "end": "1980",
      "value": 5.3
    },
    {
      "period": "1984-85",
      "start": "1984-04",
      "end": "1985-03",
      "value": 7.9
    },
    {
      "period": "1989",
      "start": "1989",
      "end": "1989",
      "value": 5.5
    },
    {
      "period": "1991-92",
      "start": "1991-04",
      "end": "1992-03",
      "value": 7.3
    },
    {
      "period": "1996",
      "start": "1996",
      "end": "1996",
      "value": 7.4
    },
    {
      "period": "1998",
      "start": "1998",
      "end": "1998",
      "value": 7.9
    },
    {
      "period": "1999",
      "start": "1999",
      "end": "1999",
      "value": 9
    },
    {
      "period": "2004",
      "start": "2004",
      "end": "2004",
      "value": 8.3
    },
    {
      "period": "2009",
      "start": "2009",
      "end": "2009",
      "value": 10.9
    },
    {
      "period": "2014",
      "start": "2014",
      "end": "2014",
      "value": 11.4
    },
    {
      "period": "2019",
      "start": "2019",
      "end": "2019",
      "value": 14.4
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "start": "2024",
      "end": "2024",
      "value": 13.6
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/soc-lswomen-058/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/soc-lswomen-058/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/soc-lswomen-058/versions.csv"
}