01881nam a22001577a 4500 514396 514396 201029b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Bansal, Meenakshi. 20553 An analytical study of participation and representation of women in India's electoral politics IASSI Quarterly: Contributions To Indian Social Science 39(1), Jan-Mar, 2020: p. 76-93 Gender equality is a significant marker of the maturity and efficacy of any democratic nation. In this regard, the Indian constitution has given both men and women equal rights and opportunities in every area. In practice; however, it is often more challenging for Indian women to fully participate in electoral politics and exercise their rights. The main objective of this paper is to present the participation and representation of women in India's Electoral politics mainly in the context of Lok Sabha elections. The research methodology is analytical in nature, the study area is Indian general election from 1952 to 2014 and for data collection; it is confined to secondary sources. The outcomes indicated that there is a gradual increase in the number of women legislatures, contestants, seat allotment by national parties, in women voter turnout and success rate of female contestants for becoming the Member of Parliament. On the other hand, there is a decrease in the gap between men and women turnout. In the end, it has been suggested that Women's Reservation Bill, which seeks to reserve one-third of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies should be passed for ensuring equitable and participatory democracy.- Reproduced Election, Legislatures, Political participation and women. 19035 IASSI Quarterly: Contributions To Indian Social Science ELECTORAL POLITICS - INDIA AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 388405 IIPA IIPA 2020-10-29 39(1), Jan-Mar, 2020: p.76-93 AR123402 2020-10-29 AR