After Women's Quota, 76 Women To Enter Madhya Pradesh Assembly

In 2008, BJP gave assembly tickets to 23 women, of whom 15 got elected. In 2013, 23 women got tickets, 17 won. But in 2018, only 11 of 24 women were elected.

The bill to give women 33 per cent reservation in parliament and state assemblies was passed by the Lok Sabha today. Once it becomes law, it would hugely change the situation of Madhya Pradesh assembly.

Women comprise less than 10 per cent of the assembly's 230 members at the moment. Only 21 women were elected to the 230-member legislature in the last assembly election. Of them, 11 were from the BJP, 10 from the Congress, and one from the Bahujan Samaj Party.

In contrast, the state has 2.67 crore women voters – which is 48.36 per cent of the total 5.52 crore voters.