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What Kamala Harris' Loss Means For Women Candidates
1 month, 1 week ago

What Kamala Harris' Loss Means For Women Candidates

Huff Post  

As Democrats continue to assess the reasons for Vice President Kamala Harris' defeat eight years after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump, many wonder about the effect the result will have on future female presidential candidates. Matthews added that while she doesn’t expect Harris’ defeat to make voters less inclined to support female candidates in the …

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Women's Representation in Jharkhand Assembly Election: A Statistical Snapshot
2 months ago

Women's Representation in Jharkhand Assembly Election: A Statistical Snapshot

ABP News  

Despite a decline in the number of women candidates, the recent assembly election in Jharkhand saw an increase in the participation of women. While only 10 women were elected in 2019, 127 women were fielded, representing a significant increase from previous elections. However, 82% of these women lost their deposits, highlighting the challenges faced by female candidates.

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Still a man’s world: Haryana political parties shy away from fielding women
3 months, 1 week ago

Still a man’s world: Haryana political parties shy away from fielding women

Hindustan Times  

Fifty-one women candidates have been fielded by major political parties for the October 5 elections of the 90-member Haryana Vidhan Sabha, the battlefield from where former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj had begun her illustrious political journey in 1977. Now, as over 2 crore voters of Haryana are gearing up for the elections of the 15th Vidhan Sabha, ruling BJP’s …

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Number of women parliamentary candidates sinks to 30 per cent
6 months, 1 week ago

Number of women parliamentary candidates sinks to 30 per cent

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The number of female parliamentary candidates vying to become MPs at the …

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Nagaland civic polls: Women candidates outnumber men in Kohima; 238 in fray overall
6 months, 1 week ago

Nagaland civic polls: Women candidates outnumber men in Kohima; 238 in fray overall

Hindustan Times  

Women candidates in the fray for the June 26 urban local bodies in Nagaland outnumber men in the state capital Kohima. In April, the state government assured the Supreme Court that the elections to the state’s 36 councils would be held with a 33% quota for women by June 2024. “I am also grateful to the state government for implementing …

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BJD’s bold move to boost women’s representation fails to meet expectations
6 months, 2 weeks ago

BJD’s bold move to boost women’s representation fails to meet expectations

The Hindu  

The Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal’s attempts to send more women to the State Assembly and Lok Sabha came out a cropper with only five out of 41 women candidates winning the election, halting the trend of party’s successful run with women candidates. As the saffron party swept, none of BJD Lok Sabha women candidates could win their seat. BJD’s …

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Election Results 2024: Kangana Ranaut, Hema Malini, Dimple Yadav, Kanimozhi among women candidates leading with big margin
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election Results 2024: Kangana Ranaut, Hema Malini, Dimple Yadav, Kanimozhi among women candidates leading with big margin

The Hindu  

Women candidates like Selja Kumari, Kangana Ranaut, Hema Malini, Dimple Yadav and Misa Bharti are leading by a significant margin in their respective constituencies in the general elections. Some of the prominent women candidates who are leading in the contest include Kangana Ranaut, Hema Malini, Dimple Yadav and Misa Bharti. Ms. Hema Malini, the incumbent MP from Mathura, was leading …

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All four women candidates of BJP win in Arunachal polls
6 months, 3 weeks ago

All four women candidates of BJP win in Arunachal polls

The Hindu  

All four women candidates fielded by the BJP in the Arunachal Pradesh assembly elections have registered victories. Former chief minister Kalikho Pul's widow Dasanglu Pul won the Hayuliang seat in Anjaw district unopposed. Nyabi Jini Dirchi, a greenhorn, has this time defeated sitting MLA Gokar Basar in Basar constituency by a margin of 1,791 votes. In 2019, three women had …

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24% of candidates in the fray in Phase 5 in West Bengal face criminal cases
7 months, 1 week ago

24% of candidates in the fray in Phase 5 in West Bengal face criminal cases

The Hindu  

Twenty-one out of the 88 candidates in the fray in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election in West Bengal have criminal cases against them, as per their affidavits filed before the Election Commission of India. The BJP’s Arjun Singh, who is contesting from Barrackpore, faces the highest number of declared criminal cases in West Bengal across the five …

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Assam Lok Sabha polls: Decline in women candidates but female voters outnumber men
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam Lok Sabha polls: Decline in women candidates but female voters outnumber men

The Hindu  

Despite Assam having more women voters, only 12 female candidates are contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, down from the previous count of 14. In the first phase polls, there were four women candidates, two in the second and six in the third and final phase to be held on May 7. The number of women candidates representing the State …

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Odisha leads way on women in legislature
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha leads way on women in legislature

New Indian Express  

In the battleground of the world’s largest democracy, Odisha rarely figures among the states for having a decibel-shattering election process. With the eastern state going to the assembly poll at the same time as the Lok Sabha one, most political parties have shown a remarkable spark in nominating more women as candidates without waiting for the implementation of the women’s …

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Only 8 per cent of women candidates in first two phases of Lok Sabha polls
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Only 8 per cent of women candidates in first two phases of Lok Sabha polls

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Women constituted only eight per cent of the total 2,823 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender bias and that the talk of empowering them rings hollow. In the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, there were 135 women candidates while in …

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Congress, BJP give women short shrift in Bihar; regional parties put up women candidates for Lok Sabha polls
8 months ago

Congress, BJP give women short shrift in Bihar; regional parties put up women candidates for Lok Sabha polls

The Hindu  

Though all the political parties talk about giving equal representation to women, during ticket distribution in the polls, the talk remains a false promise. The picture became clear on Monday when the Congress announced the names of five more candidates for Bihar in which there was no mention of any woman candidate contesting the Lok Sabha polls. Going by the …

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Family ties prioritised in Biju Janata Dal’s nomination for women for Assembly seats in Odisha
8 months ago

Family ties prioritised in Biju Janata Dal’s nomination for women for Assembly seats in Odisha

The Hindu  

The Biju Janata Dal’s nomination of 22 female candidates for the Assembly elections, though ostensibly an attempt to promote gender equality in ticket distribution, reveals an inconvenient truth as the majority of these women happen to be spouses or daughters of MLAs and influential figures within the party’s existing power structure. The regional party, championing the cause of increased women’s …

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Lok Sabha elections 2024 | Number of women candidates grew 16-fold from 1957 to 2019: ECI data
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections 2024 | Number of women candidates grew 16-fold from 1957 to 2019: ECI data

The Hindu  

In 1957, there were just 45 women candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election; by 2019, this figure had risen to 726, Election Commission data shows, even as the percentage of women in Parliament has increased from 4.5% in 1957 to 14.4% in 2019. More women in the fray A perusal of the ECI data shows that in the second general …

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There should be separate constituencies for women candidates, says Seeman
8 months, 2 weeks ago

There should be separate constituencies for women candidates, says Seeman

The Hindu  

Naam Tamilar Katchi chief coordinator Seeman on Wednesday pitched for a separate reserved constituency for women candidates in the election. Campaigning at Pallikaranai for NTK’s Chennai South candidate S. Tamilselvi, he said that while his party has fielded 20 women candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, in many constituencies they have to compete with male candidates, and there is no …

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Lok Sabha election | Parties need to walk the women talk
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha election | Parties need to walk the women talk

The Hindu  

When the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on September 21, 2023 it was dubbed as a milestone in the history of the women’s rights movement in the country. Hitherto, the number of seats any coalition has offered to women in the previous Lok Sabha polls over the past 20 years is a maximum of three. Of …

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Only 3 women candidates out of 21 in DMK: Thamizhachi Thangapandian defends her party
9 months ago

Only 3 women candidates out of 21 in DMK: Thamizhachi Thangapandian defends her party

New Indian Express  

But gender equality is still a work in progress. Recently, AICC spokesperson Shama Mohamed openly expressed her disappointment over the Congress party’s Lok Sabha candidates list for Kerala as it featured only one woman candidate. Neglect in Tamil Nadu too In Tamil Nadu, the ruling DMK has only three women candidates in 21 seats, while the AIADMK has fielded only …

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Govt counters BRS claims on women reservation; 47% women recruited in 28,942 posts filled since Congress came to power
9 months, 1 week ago

Govt counters BRS claims on women reservation; 47% women recruited in 28,942 posts filled since Congress came to power

The Hindu  

Countering the BRS party’s claims on denial of fair share to women in recruitments in Telangana due to the changed reservation policy, the government said that it had filled up 28,942 posts since it came to power and of these 13,571 are women candidates. “This is a staggering 47% of the total vacancies filled up so far and this shows …

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Haley’s exit from the GOP race pushes off — again — the day Americans could elect a woman president
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Haley’s exit from the GOP race pushes off — again — the day Americans could elect a woman president

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A woman ascends toward the heights of American politics, with the nation’s top elected office — the presidency — looming far out of reach. Haley’s exit from the presidential contest sets up a rematch few people want between two white men of advanced age — Democratic President Joe Biden, 81, and his predecessor, Republican Donald Trump, 77. At …

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Women’s political empowerment — more talk, less action
1 year ago

Women’s political empowerment — more talk, less action

The Hindu  

In any country, the political empowerment of women is generally possible with two routes — the first is to reserve seats for women in legislature by means of legislation and the second is to have provision for quotas for women candidates within political parties while nominating candidates. Assembly elections this year There is hardly any doubt that this is a …

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Rajasthan polls: A look at the success rate of female candidates in last 35 yrs
1 year, 1 month ago

Rajasthan polls: A look at the success rate of female candidates in last 35 yrs

Live Mint  

Increasing the electoral participation of women has been a key subject of discussion, particularly since the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill earlier this year. Here's a look at the success rate of female candidates in the last 35 years. The share of women candidates, along with the number of female MLAs being elected, has risen over the past the …

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No ticket, only sops: women still fall behind in the electoral sweepstakes
1 year, 1 month ago

No ticket, only sops: women still fall behind in the electoral sweepstakes

The Hindu  

Cash assistance, subsidised LPG cylinders, free education from kindergarten to postgraduation, and free rides on urban public transport — it is election season in five States and political parties are bending over backwards to woo women voters with a slew of promises. Swing voters While in some States, the gap has closed, in many other States the voting percentage of …

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Congress likely to field more women candidates in upcoming Chhattisgarh Assembly election
1 year, 2 months ago

Congress likely to field more women candidates in upcoming Chhattisgarh Assembly election

The Hindu  

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge may have called the women’s reservation law a jumla during his recent visit to Chhattisgarh, but it seems to have prompted his party to promise a higher representation for women among its candidates to contest the upcoming Assembly election in the State. Singh Deo said that the party could field two women candidates within each of …

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