Lok Sabha Question No. 4218 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-19
Subject: EWRs in Panchayati Raj Institutions
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Shri Anto Antony

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATIRAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 4218

ANSWERED ON- 19.08.2025

## EWRSINPANCHAYATIRAJINSTITUTIONS

## 4218. SHRI ANTO ANTONY

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

( a) the number of Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) during the last three years, State-wise; and

(b) the ratio of male and female representatives in PRI during the said period, State-wise:

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

(PROF. S. P. SINGH BAGHEL)

(a) & (b) A Statement showing State/Union Territory-wise number of Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) as on date is placed at Annexure . As the Panchayat elections are held at the interval of five years on different dates, which may vary from State to State, therefore, year-wise details of EWRs are not maintained by the Ministry.

## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4218 answered on 19.08.2025

## State-wise list of Elected Women Representatives and Elected Representatives in Panchayati Raj Institutions

|   Sl. N o. | Categor y   | State/ UT         |   Number of Elected Representative s (ERs) | Number of Elected Women Representative s (EWRs)   | Percentag e of EWRs (%)   | Remarks                                                                                                   |
|------------|-------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          1 | State       | Andhra Pradesh    |                                     154414 | 85593                                             | 55.43                     |                                                                                                           |
|          2 | State       | Arunachal Pradesh |                                       8568 | 3878                                              | 45.26                     |                                                                                                           |
|          3 | State       | Assam             |                                      24509 | Not available                                     | Not available             | Panchayat Election has just been completed. Details of elected representative s is being collated.        |
|          4 | State       | Bihar             |                                     247658 | 110964                                            | 44.81                     |                                                                                                           |
|          5 | State       | Chhattisgarh      |                                     174926 | 98787                                             | 56.47                     |                                                                                                           |
|          6 | State       | Goa               |                                       1555 | 709                                               | 45.59                     |                                                                                                           |
|          7 | State       | Gujarat           |                                     103397 | 54164                                             | 52.38                     |                                                                                                           |
|          8 | State       | Haryana           |                                      71455 | 32892                                             | 46.03                     |                                                                                                           |
|          9 | State       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                      30578 | 15250                                             | 49.87                     |                                                                                                           |
|         10 | State       | Jharkhand         |                                      56808 | 32014                                             | 56.35                     |                                                                                                           |
|         11 | State       | Karnataka         |                                      94035 | 49723                                             | 52.87                     | Gram Panchayat election has been conducted. Block and District Panchayat Elections are pending since 2021 |
|         12 | State       | Kerala            |                                      18365 | 10055                                             | 54.75                     |                                                                                                           |

|   13 | State   | Madhya Pradesh   | 395553         | 204131         | 51.61          |                                                                                                                                                                       |
|------|---------|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   14 | State   | Maharashtra      | 28248          | 14135          | 50.04          | 27933 Gram Panchayats, 2 Block Panchayats & 2 District Panchayats are functioning. Elections in remaining Block and District Panchayat are pending due to court case. |
|   15 | State   | Manipur          | Nil            | Nil            | Nil            | Panchayats dissolved in October 2022. Election has not been held yet.                                                                                                 |
|   16 | State   | Meghalaya        | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not covered under                                                                                                                                                     |
|   17 | State   | Mizoram          | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Part IX of the                                                                                                                                                        |
|   18 | State   | Nagaland         | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Constitution                                                                                                                                                          |
|   19 | State   | Odisha           | 106353         | 57001          | 53.59          |                                                                                                                                                                       |
|   20 | State   | Punjab           | 96849          | 42970          | 44.37          | Gram Panchayat election conducted. Block and District Panchayat Elections are under process                                                                           |
|   21 | State   | Rajasthan        | 11590          | 6358           | 54.85          |                                                                                                                                                                       |
|   22 | State   | Sikkim           | 1273           | 655            | 51.45          |                                                                                                                                                                       |
|   23 | State   | Tamil Nadu       | Nil            | Nil            | Nil            | Panchayat body dissolved in December 2024.                                                                                                                            |

|    |                  |                                       |        |        |       | Election has not been held yet.                                                                    |
|----|------------------|---------------------------------------|--------|--------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 24 | State            | Telangana                             | Nil    | Nil    | Nil   | Panchayats have been dissolved in May,2024. Election has not been held yet.                        |
| 25 | State            | Tripura                               | 6909   | 3126   | 45.24 |                                                                                                    |
| 26 | State            | Uttar Pradesh                         | 677382 | 276181 | 40.77 |                                                                                                    |
| 27 | State            | Uttarakhand                           | Nil    | Nil    | Nil   | Panchayat Election has just been completed. Details of elected representative s is being collated. |
| 28 | State            | West Bengal                           | 74424  | 40541  | 54.47 |                                                                                                    |
| 29 | Union Territor y | Andaman& Nicobar Islands              | 861    | 415    | 48.19 |                                                                                                    |
| 30 | Union Territor y | Dadra& Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 462    | 263    | 56.93 |                                                                                                    |
| 31 | Union Territor y | Jammu& Kashmir                        | Nil    | Nil    | Nil   | Panchayats have been dissolved in December 2023. Election has not been held yet.                   |
| 32 | Union Territor y | Ladakh                                | Nil    | Nil    | Nil   | Panchayats have been dissolved in December 2023. Election has not been held                        |

|    |                  |              |     |     |     | yet.                                                                             |
|----|------------------|--------------|-----|-----|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 33 | Union Territor y | Lakshadwee p | Nil | Nil | Nil | Panchayats have been dissolved in December 2022. Election has not been held yet. |
| 34 | Union Territor y | Puducherry   | Nil | Nil | Nil | Panchayats have been dissolved in July, 2011. Election has not been held yet.    |

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