We heard them loud and clear last year as they screamed hoarse about the need for empowering women in India. In the lead up to Lok Sabha 2014, all political parties told us how they plan to tackle gender equality. And boy did they perform, when it came to taking action during the elections, i.e. giving tickets to women.
Overall, only (8%) of candidates in Lok Sabha 2014 were women and currently just 11% of the parliament is female.
Among the major parties, the range of women candidates was between 5% and 19%. Behenji’s BSP which won zero seats, gave a whopping (5%) of tickets to female candidates. Bastion’s of progressive thinking, Shiv Sena, came in a close second with (7%). BJP’s women candidates snapped up (9%) of all tickets and the Congress (12%) and AAP (13%) followed closely behind.
| Political Party | Total number of candidates in Lok Sabha 2014 | Number of female candidates in Lok Sabha 2014 | Percentage of female candidates in Lok Sabha 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 502 | 27 | 5% |
Congress | 463 | 57 | 12% |
Aam Aadmi Party | 429 | 54 | 13% |
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 426 | 37 | 9% |
Samajwadi Party (SP) | 195 | 26 | 13% |
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) | 131 | 25 | 19% |
Janata Dal - United (JDU) | 93 | 5 | 5% |
Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPIM) | 92 | 10 | 11% |
Communist Part of India (CPI) | 67 | 6 | 9% |
Shiv Sena | 58 | 4 | 7% |
Data courtesy: Association for Democratic Reforms
Given this record, we took the liberty of editing manifestos of some of the top political parties to more accurately resemble their stance on gender equality.
Aam Aadmi Party: National Manifesto – 2014, Page 17, Section 20, Social Justice, Gender Justice
BJP Election Manifesto 2014, Ek Bharat – Shreshtha Bharat, Page 21, Women – The Nation Builder
Manifesto – Indian National Congress, Lok Sabha Election 2014, The Detailed Action Plan, Page 24, Section 6, Women’s Empowerment & Protection of Children
Now watch political parties push for 33% women’s reservation in parliament!
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Interesting to see that Trinamool is the best of the lot.
At the other end of the spectrum Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) had 0% female candidates.
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Arre yar ! They r not det much popular as per comparison 2 deir counterpart .ticket tow unhe mila tha na ?ab way nahi jeete tow hum murdlog jimmevar nahi hain .simatne de unhe 8 p.c.may.bewakufi mat kar GONZALWEZ.mujhe ish mudda may sanjubaba ka coment chahiye(imrb ka )
actually statistically speaking, female candidates have a better chance of winning 🙂
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Makes sense. They say one thing, mean another and take the people for fools who can’t read what is so blatantly and obviously visible between their lines of make believe and pretend promises.
Makes sense. They say one thing, mean another and take the people for fools who can’t read what is so blatantly and obviously visible between their lines of make believe and pretend promises.