In this election, fewer MPs aged above 70 have been elected, while more representatives are below the age of 40. 12% of the MPs are below 40 years old and 6% are above 70 years old. In the firs Lok Sabha, 26% of the MPs were below the age of 40. In the 17th Lok Sabha, most MPs (42%) are between 56-70 years old, while the average age is 54 years old.
Of the 716 women who contested the general election, 78 have made it to the Lok Sabha. In 2014, 62 women MPs were elected. While the representation of women MPs in Lok Sabha is slowly improving – it was just 5% in the first Lok Sabha and is 14% now – it is still quite low. Countries like Rwanda (61%), South Africa (43%), UK (32%), USA (24%), Bangladesh (21%) have better representation.
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In this election, fewer MPs aged above 70 have been elected, while more representatives are below the age of 40. 12% of the MPs are below 40 years old and 6% are above 70 years old. In the firs Lok Sabha, 26% of the MPs were below the age of 40. In the 17th Lok Sabha, most MPs (42%) are between 56-70 years old, while the average age is 54 years old. Of the 716 women who contested the general election, 78 have made it to the Lok Sabha. In 2014, 62 women MPs were elected. While the representation of women MPs in Lok Sabha is slowly improving – it was just 5% in the first Lok Sabha and is 14% now – it is still quite low. Countries like Rwanda (61%), South Africa (43%), UK (32%), USA (24%), Bangladesh (21%) have better representation.