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Incredible numbers, but poor representation of women from NE in politics (Dangal 2019)
Morung Express | Sujit Chakraborty (IANS) | Agartala, March 23
Women are almost a non-entity in the electoral politics and governance in India’s northeastern region, albeit an incredible gender ratio in the electoral rolls of the region.
In four northeastern states — Arunachal Pradesh (women 401,596, men 392,566), Manipur (women 990,960, men 939,926), Meghalaya (women 956,135, men 936,579), Mizoram (women 402,408, men 381.991) — women electors outnumber their male counterparts.
Notwithstanding, this, in 2014, of the 25 Lok Sabha seats across eight northeastern states, only two women (8 per cent) – Bijoya Chakravarty (Bharatiya Janata Party) and Sushmita Dev (Congress) – had elected to the Lok Sabha.
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