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  • Lok Sabha elections: Mamata Banerjee releases list of TMC candidates for West Bengal, 41% are women

    Lok Sabha elections: Mamata Banerjee releases list of TMC candidates for West Bengal, 41% are women

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 12, 2019 · 06:24 pm
  • Elections 2018: Number of women MLAs down to 9% from 11% in 2013-’14

    Elections 2018: Number of women MLAs down to 9% from 11% in 2013-’14

    Tish Sanghera, IndiaSpend.com
    · Dec 14, 2018 · 11:16 am
  • ‘Conscious decision’: Mizoram BJP sees electoral benefit in giving political platform to women

    ‘Conscious decision’: Mizoram BJP sees electoral benefit in giving political platform to women

    Arunabh Saikia
    · Nov 01, 2018 · 07:30 am
  • North-East politics: The three Assembly elections underline the marginalisation of women

    North-East politics: The three Assembly elections underline the marginalisation of women

    Gilles Verniers
    · Mar 16, 2018 · 10:30 am
  • Himachal paradox in eight charts: Women outvoted men – but only four were elected to the Assembly

    Himachal paradox in eight charts: Women outvoted men – but only four were elected to the Assembly

    Basim-u-Nissa Gilles Verniers
    · Dec 28, 2017 · 09:00 am
  • Gujarat elected only 13 female MLAs – continuing a nationwide trend of low representation for women

    Gujarat elected only 13 female MLAs – continuing a nationwide trend of low representation for women

    Basim-u-Nissa Gilles Verniers
    · Dec 27, 2017 · 09:00 am
  • Fewer women are winning polls in Uttar Pradesh, more are losing badly

    Fewer women are winning polls in Uttar Pradesh, more are losing badly

    Rahul Mohan Sharma, IndiaSpend.com
    · Feb 18, 2017 · 09:30 pm