When it comes to Lok Sabha seats, New Delhi has given most girls — 5 — adopted by Karol Bagh with 4 girls. (Getty)
The utmost variety of girls elected in a ballot was two — that too solely thrice in 1971, 1996 and 1998. The evaluation additionally exhibits that no lady was elected greater than twice
Within the 68-year interval beginning 1951, simply 9 girls have been elected to the Lok Sabha from the nationwide capital, official information analysed by News18 exhibits. Sucheta Kripalani, Sushma Swaraj, Meira Kumar, Krishna Tirath and Meenakshi Lekhi have been the few names that have been elected from Delhi within the 17 Lok Sabha polls.
The utmost variety of girls elected in a ballot was two — that too solely thrice in 1971, 1996 and 1998. The evaluation additionally exhibits that no lady was elected greater than twice.
The journey for Lok Sabha elections in Delhi dates again to India’s first common election in 1951. That yr, town elected Kripalani from New Delhi. She was re-elected in 1957 from the identical seat.
Within the subsequent two Lok Sabha elections, town didn’t elect any girls. In 1967, the overall variety of Lok Sabha seats in Delhi elevated to seven. As per a tough estimate, excluding the by-polls, Delhi has elected round 100 candidates within the 14 Lok Sabha elections held after 1967. Solely 12 instances the candidate was a girl.
In 1971, town elected two girls — Mukul Banerjee from New Delhi and Subhadra Joshi from Chandni Chowk. The subsequent two elections — 1977 and 1980 — noticed no girls elected. The identical occurred within the 1989 and 1991 elections.
In complete, six out of 17 instances, town didn’t elect any lady, whereas it elected one lady eight instances. 3 times town elected two girls in Lok Sabha.
Sundarwati Nawal Prabhakar was elected from Karol Bagh in 1984. In 1996 and 1998, BJP’s Swaraj and Congress’ Kumar have been elected from Delhi. Swaraj was elected from the South Delhi seat whereas Kumar was from Karol Bagh.
In 1999, BJP’s Anita Arya bagged the Karol Bagh seat. Publish 1999, Delhi elected two girls — every given two phrases.
In 2004 and 2009, Congress’ Tirath was the one feminine MP from Delhi. Within the subsequent two elections, in 2014 and 2019, it was BJP’s Lekhi.
When it comes to political events, solely Congress and BJP have given feminine MPs to town. Six girls have been elected as Congress candidates and three as BJP. Nevertheless, within the first Lok Sabha, Kripalani fought as a Kisan Mazdoor Praja Social gathering candidate and later switched to Congress.
When it comes to Lok Sabha seats, New Delhi has given most girls — 5 — adopted by Karol Bagh with 4 girls. South and North West Delhi have elected girls twice.
In 2019, there have been 16 girls candidates of the overall 164, and solely Lekhi made it to the Home. That yr, the Congress had fielded its three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit. She was second within the North East Delhi seat whereas BJP’s Manoj Tiwari bagged the seat.
One other failed candidate from 2019 was Aam Aadmi Social gathering’s Atishi, who’s now a cupboard minister in Delhi. She fought from the East Delhi Lok Sabha seat and stood third after BJP profitable and Congress on the second place.
Delhi will go for polls once more on Could 25. The notification will likely be issued on April 29 and the final date for submitting nominations will likely be Could 6. Whereas there’s nonetheless time for town to enter ballot temper, candidates who have been finalised have began their marketing campaign.
BJP has named Bansuri Swaraj from New Delhi and Kamaljeet Sehrawat from West Delhi — two girls within the record of seven candidates. AAP, contesting in alliance with Congress, has not named any girls within the 4 seats it’s contesting. Congress, contesting on three seats, is but to call its candidate.
There are 1.47 crore voters within the metropolis, together with 67.30 lakh girls. The variety of girls voters within the 80+ class have surpassed males. The counting of the votes will happen on June 4.
