J'khand poll: Beti & bahu get fair share
The Free Press Journal|October 31, 2024
Although CM Hemant Soren's wife and MLA Kalpana Soren is the most visible woman face of state politics, women's representation in the assembly has seen a consistent rise in the assembly ever since Jharkhand came into existence in Nov, 2000.
Dheeraj Kumar
J'khand poll: Beti & bahu get fair share

VITAL STATS

After the creation of a separate Jharkhand state, the assembly election was held for the first time in 2005 when three women were elected to the house. Jharkhand assembly has altogether 81 seats. The number of women lawmakers increased to eight in the 2009 assembly election and to nine in the 2014 assembly election.

In the 2019 assembly election, 10 women were elected to assembly. While 107 of 1,491 candidates (7.2 percent) were women in 2009, the number was 111 of 1,136 (9.8 percent) candidates in 2014. In 2019, 127 out of 1,216 candidates (10.44 percent) were women.

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