Lok Sabha Question No. 501 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-09
Subject: Women MPs and MLAs
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Abhishek Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 501

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, 09 th      DECEMBER 2022

## Women MPs and MLAs

## 501. SHRI ABHISHEK BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a)   the percentage of women MPs in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha;
- (b)   the percentage of women MLAs in the country, State-wise;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to increase women representation in Parliament and State Assemblies;
- (d)   whether  the  Government  proposes  to  introduce  the  women's
- reservation bill in Parliament; and
- (e)   if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a) to (b): A statement showing the details of percentage of  women elected/nominated  to  Lok  Sabha,  Rajya  Sabha  is  enclosed  as Annexure-A and different State Assemblies is enclosed as Annexure-B.
- (c) to (e): Gender  justice  is  an  important  commitment  of  the  Government. The issue involved needs careful consideration on the basis of the consensus among all political parties before a Bill for amendment in the Constitution is brought before Parliament.

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## ANNEXURE-A

## Percentage of Women elected to both Houses of Parliament

|   Sl. No. | Name of the House/State   |   %of Women MPs/MLAs |
|-----------|---------------------------|----------------------|
|         1 | Lok Sabha                 |                14.94 |
|         2 | Rajya Sabha               |                14.05 |

## Percentage of Women elected to the State Legislative Assemblies

|   Sl. No. | Name of State / Union territories   |   Year of Last General Election to Legislative Assembly |   %ofSeats won by Women |
|-----------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh                      |                                                    2019 |                    8    |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh                   |                                                    2019 |                    5    |
|         3 | Assam                               |                                                    2021 |                    4.76 |
|         4 | Bihar                               |                                                    2020 |                   10.7  |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh                        |                                                    2018 |                   14.44 |
|         6 | Goa                                 |                                                    2022 |                    7.5  |
|         7 | Gujarat                             |                                                    2017 |                    7.14 |
|         8 | Haryana                             |                                                    2019 |                   10    |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh                    |                                                    2017 |                    5.88 |
|        10 | Jammu and Kashmir                   |                                                    2014 |                    2.3  |
|        11 | Jharkhand                           |                                                    2019 |                   12.35 |
|        12 | Karnataka                           |                                                    2018 |                    3.14 |
|        13 | Kerala                              |                                                    2021 |                    7.86 |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh                      |                                                    2018 |                    9.13 |
|        15 | Maharashtra                         |                                                    2019 |                    8.33 |
|        16 | Manipur                             |                                                    2022 |                    8.33 |
|        17 | Meghalaya                           |                                                    2018 |                    5.08 |
|        18 | Mizoram                             |                                                    2018 |                    0    |
|        19 | Nagaland                            |                                                    2018 |                    0    |
|        20 | Odisha                              |                                                    2019 |                    8.9  |
|        21 | Punjab                              |                                                    2022 |                   11.11 |
|        22 | Rajasthan                           |                                                    2018 |                   12    |
|        23 | Sikkim                              |                                                    2019 |                    9.38 |
|        24 | Tamil Nadu                          |                                                    2021 |                    5.13 |
|        25 | Telangana                           |                                                    2018 |                    5.04 |
|        26 | Tripura                             |                                                    2018 |                    5    |
|        27 | Uttarakhand                         |                                                    2022 |                   11.43 |
|        28 | Uttar Pradesh                       |                                                    2022 |                   11.66 |
|        29 | West Bengal                         |                                                    2021 |                   13.7  |
|        30 | NCT of Delhi                        |                                                    2020 |                   11.43 |
|        31 | Puducherry                          |                                                    2021 |                    3.33 |