In the 2015 polls, 273 women received tickets, of which 28 won. (Representative)
Patna:
Even though female voters are almost equal to male voters in Bihar when it comes to running for office, the ratio changes dramatically.
According to data shared by the Election Commission, out of a total of 1,066 candidates in the fray in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections, only 144 women received tickets from political parties, which is a meager 13. 5% of all. competitors.
According to Bihar’s electoral profile, there are over 3.8 million male voters and over 3.4 million female voters.
However, in the 2015 assembly elections, 273 women were given tickets, of which 28 won the award, meaning that 11.52% of female candidates ran for the legislature.
Regarding political parties, Janata Dal-United (JDU), leader of Nitish Kumar, has 115 candidates including 22 women (19%), while his ally in the NDA, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), gave tickets to 110 people of which 13 are women (11.8%).
The decision to run more female candidates stems from the fact that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar enjoys popularity among female voters for banning alcohol in the state. The total ban in Bihar was implemented at the behest of female voters.
In the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) gave tickets to 11 women, out of 114 candidates. The Congress, which is contested for 70 seats, presented six women.
The Lok Janshakti (LJP) party, leader of Chirag Paswan, which fielded 134 candidates, gave tickets to 28 women (28.7%). Likewise, HAM (S), which contests in seven seats, VIP which fights in 11, and CPI-ML which fights in 19 seats, gave one seat each to female candidates.
Likewise, the women candidates come from diverse backgrounds such as the graduate of the London School of Economics, the founder of the Plural Party, Pushpam Priya Choudhary, who declared herself the chief candidate of the ministry.
Interestingly, Choudhary led Plurals, which is fighting for the first time in elections, gave maximum representation to women, who make up 28.76% of his contenders.
Gold medalist in shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Shreyasi Singh, who has been competing since Jamui on the BJP ticket, is also making headlines.
RJD’s Dr Ejya Yadav is an academician while Congress candidate Amita Bhushan is a well-known social worker.
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