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TABLE – 2
Declining Representation of Women
in State Legislatures 1952-1997 (% of women MLAs)
|
| State |
1952
|
1957
|
1960-65
|
1967-69
|
1970-75
|
1977-78
|
1979-83
|
1984-88
|
1989-82
|
1993-97
|
1998-99
|
State Avg.
|
| Andhra Pradesh |
2.9
|
3.7
|
3.3
|
3.8
|
9.1
|
3.4
|
4.1
|
3.4
|
3.7
|
2.7
|
9.5
|
4.6
|
| Arunachal
Pradesh |
****
|
****
|
****
|
****
|
****
|
0.0
|
3.3
|
6.7
|
3.3
|
3.3
|
1.7
|
3.0
|
| Assam |
0.5
|
4.6
|
3.8
|
4.0
|
7.0
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
4.8
|
****
|
3.2
|
| Bihar |
3.6
|
9.4
|
7.9
|
2.2
|
3.8
|
4.0
|
3.7
|
4.6
|
2.8
|
3.4
|
****
|
4.3
|
| Goa |
****
|
****
|
****
|
6.7
|
3.3
|
3.3
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
5.0
|
10.0
|
5.0
|
4.4
|
| Gujarat |
****
|
****
|
8.4
|
4.8
|
3.2
|
****
|
2.7
|
8.8
|
2.2
|
1.1
|
2.2
|
4.0
|
| Haryana |
****
|
****
|
****
|
7.4*
|
6.2
|
4.4
|
7.8
|
5.6
|
6.7
|
4.4
|
****
|
6.2
|
| Himachal
Pradesh |
0.0
|
****
|
****
|
0.0
|
5.9
|
1.5
|
4.4
|
4.4
|
5.9
|
4.4
|
8.8
|
4.2
|
| Jammu &
Kashmir |
****
|
****
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
5.3
|
1.3
|
0.0
|
1.3
|
****
|
2.3
|
****
|
1.5
|
| Karnataka |
2.0
|
8.7
|
8.7
|
3.2
|
5.1
|
4.0
|
0.9
|
3.6
|
4.5
|
3.1
|
2.3
|
4.3
|
| Kerala |
0.0
|
4.8
|
3.9
|
0.8
|
1.5
|
0.7
|
3.2
|
5.7
|
5.7
|
9.3
|
****
|
3.6
|
| Madhya Pradesh |
2.1
|
10.8
|
4.9
|
3.4
|
5.4
|
3.1
|
5.6
|
9.7
|
3.4
|
3.8
|
8.1
|
5.4
|
| Maharashtra |
1.9
|
6.3
|
4.9
|
3.3
|
9.3
|
2.8
|
6.6
|
5.6
|
2.1
|
3.8
|
4.2
|
4.6
|
| Manipur |
****
|
****
|
****
|
****
|
0.0*
|
****
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
1.7
|
0.0
|
****
|
0.3
|
| Meghalaya |
****
|
****
|
****
|
****
|
1.7
|
1.7
|
0.0
|
3.3
|
****
|
1.7
|
5.0
|
2.2
|
| Mizoram |
****
|
****
|
****
|
****
|
0.0
|
3.3
|
3.3
|
2.5
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
1.2
|
| Nagaland |
****
|
****
|
****
|
0.0
|
****
|
****
|
0.0
|
1.7
|
****
|
0.0
|
****
|
0.5
|
| Orissa |
9.6
|
3.6
|
1.4
|
3.6
|
1.4*
|
4.8
|
3.4
|
6.1
|
4.8
|
5.4
|
****
|
4.0
|
| Punjab |
2.2
|
5.8
|
5.2
|
1.0*
|
5.8
|
2.6
|
5.1
|
3.4
|
5.1
|
6.0
|
****
|
4.0
|
| Rajasthan |
0.0
|
5.1
|
4.5
|
3.3
|
7.1
|
4.0
|
5.0
|
8.0
|
5.5
|
4.5
|
7.0
|
5.0
|
| Sikkim |
****
|
****
|
****
|
****
|
****
|
****
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
6.3
|
3.1
|
3.1
|
2.5
|
| Tamil Nadu |
0.3
|
5.9
|
3.9
|
1.7
|
2.1
|
0.9
|
2.1
|
3.4
|
9.0
|
3.8
|
****
|
3.6
|
| Tripura |
****
|
****
|
****
|
0.0
|
3.3
|
1.7
|
6.7
|
3.3
|
****
|
1.7
|
****
|
3.0
|
| Uttar Pradesh |
1.2
|
5.8
|
4.4
|
2.8*
|
5.9
|
2.6
|
5.6
|
7.3
|
3.3*
|
4.0*
|
****
|
4.1
|
| West Bengal |
0.8
|
3.6
|
4.8
|
2.9*
|
1.6*
|
1.4
|
2.4
|
4.4
|
7.1
|
6.8
|
****
|
3.4
|
| Delhi |
4.2
|
****
|
****
|
****
|
7.1
|
7.1
|
7.1
|
****
|
****
|
4.3
|
12.9
|
7.3
|
| Pondicherry |
****
|
****
|
6.7
|
3.3
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
3.3
|
3.3
|
1.7
|
3.3
|
****
|
2.6
|
| Period
Average |
1.8
|
6.3
|
4.9
|
2.9
|
4.4
|
2.8
|
3.8
|
5.3
|
4.5
|
4.0
|
6.0
|
4.1
|
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