The 16th Lok Sabha has the highest number of women members ever at 61, compared to 59 Women members in 2009.The least number of women members was in 1977 followed by 1971 and 1957. In the 2014 Elections, 8251 candidates contested the elections, out of which 668 were women and 7,578 were men. 5 Transgenders also contested the polls this Elections. The winning percentage of women in the 16th General Elections is 9.13% while that of Men’s is 6.36%.The Average number of contestants per seat is 15.2 in 2014.
Contestants and Winners - Gender-wise
General Elections
|
Year
|
Total Number of Seats
|
Total Number of Contestants
|
Average Number of Contestants Per Seat
|
Male
|
Female
| ||||
Contestants
|
Elected
|
Winning %
|
Contestants
|
Elected
|
Winning %
| |||||
First
|
1952
|
489
|
1,874
|
4.67
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
Second
|
1957
|
494
|
1,519
|
3.77
|
1474
|
472
|
32.02
|
45
|
22
|
48.89
|
Third
|
1962
|
494
|
1,985
|
4.02
|
1919
|
463
|
24.13
|
66
|
31
|
46.97
|
Fourth
|
1967
|
520
|
2,369
|
4.56
|
2302
|
491
|
21.33
|
67
|
29
|
43.28
|
Fifth
|
1971
|
518
|
2,784
|
5.37
|
2698
|
497
|
18.42
|
86
|
21
|
24.42
|
Sixth
|
1977
|
542
|
2,439
|
4.5
|
2369
|
523
|
22.08
|
70
|
19
|
27.14
|
Seventh
|
1980
|
542
|
4,629
|
8.54
|
4486
|
514
|
11.46
|
143
|
28
|
19.58
|
Eighth
|
1984-85
|
542
|
5,492
|
10.13
|
5321
|
500
|
9.4
|
171
|
43
|
25.15
|
Ninth
|
1989
|
543
|
6,160
|
11.34
|
5962
|
514
|
8.62
|
198
|
29
|
14.65
|
Tenth
|
1991-92
|
543
|
8,749
|
16.11
|
8419
|
496
|
5.89
|
330
|
38
|
11.52
|
Eleventh
|
1996
|
543
|
13,952
|
25.69
|
13353
|
503
|
3.77
|
599
|
40
|
6.68
|
Twelfth
|
1998
|
543
|
4,750
|
8.75
|
4476
|
500
|
11.17
|
274
|
43
|
15.69
|
Thirteenth
|
1999
|
543
|
4,648
|
8.56
|
4364
|
494
|
11.32
|
284
|
49
|
17.25
|
Fourteenth
|
2004
|
543
|
5,435
|
10.01
|
5080
|
498
|
9.8
|
355
|
45
|
12.68
|
Fifteenth
|
2009
|
543
|
8,070
|
14.86
|
7514
|
484
|
6.44
|
556
|
59
|
10.61
|
Sixteenth
|
2014
|
543
|
8,251*
|
15.2
|
7,578
|
482
|
6.36
|
668
|
61
|
9.13
|
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