Women Participation in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections

Overview

The 2024 Lok Sabha elections marked a significant increase in women participation, with 800 female candidates contesting across 390 parliamentary constituencies. This is the highest number since the second general elections in 1957.

Trends in Women Candidacy

• The number of women candidates has been rising over the years: 
  • 372 in 2019 from 37 in 1957

Distribution of Women Candidates

• 167 constituencies had at least one woman candidate.
• Three constituencies had the highest number of women candidates at eight: Baramati, Secunderabad, and Warangal.

Election Outcomes for Women

• Of the 800 women candidates, only 74 won their seats.
• 629 women candidates lost their deposits.

Voter Participation

• Women voters again outnumbered men in 2024, continuing a trend from 2019.
• 65.78% of women voters cast their votes in 2024, compared to 65.55% men.
• Assam’s Dhubri seat recorded the highest female voter turnout at 92.17%, followed by Tamluk (West Bengal) at 87.57%.
• The number of female voters per 1,000 male voters reached a new high of 946, up from 926 in 2019.

Statistics

• Total registered women voters in 2024: 47.63 crore out of 97.97 crore electors.
• Comparable data for 1951 and 1971 is unavailable.
• In 2024, the number of constituencies without a female candidate was highest in UP (30), followed by Bihar (15) and Gujarat (14).