{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "gender",
  "product": "gender",
  "source": "Election Commission of India, as reprinted in MoSPI's Women and Men in India 2025 (table 5.2)",
  "agency": "Election Commission of India",
  "compendiumTable": "5.2",
  "indicatorCode": 124,
  "base": "as published",
  "frequency": "irregular",
  "unit": "mixed",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "geo": "IND",
  "latestPeriod": "2024",
  "releaseDate": "2026-04-29",
  "revisionPolicy": "Each indicator is final as its underlying source publishes; the compendium is a curated cross-source portrait, never a single survey.",
  "coverage": "Persons Contesting and Elected in Various Lok Sabha Elections",
  "periodLabels": {
   "1952-01-01": "1952",
   "1957-01-01": "1957",
   "1962-01-01": "1962",
   "1967-01-01": "1967",
   "1971-01-01": "1971",
   "1977-01-01": "1977",
   "1980-01-01": "1980",
   "1984-01-01": "1984",
   "1989-01-01": "1989",
   "1991-01-01": "1991",
   "1996-01-01": "1996",
   "1998-01-01": "1998",
   "1999-01-01": "1999",
   "2004-01-01": "2004",
   "2009-01-01": "2009",
   "2014-01-01": "2014",
   "2019-01-01": "2019",
   "2024-01-01": "2024"
  },
  "cut": "Measure",
  "note": "MoSPI's compendium reprints this table from Election Commission of India; the figures are that agency's. Values printed as \"-\" (no observation) or \"NR\" (not reported) are not baked; meta.omitted counts them.",
  "omitted": {}
 },
 "dates": [
  "1952-01-01",
  "1957-01-01",
  "1962-01-01",
  "1967-01-01",
  "1971-01-01",
  "1977-01-01",
  "1980-01-01",
  "1984-01-01",
  "1989-01-01",
  "1991-01-01",
  "1996-01-01",
  "1998-01-01",
  "1999-01-01",
  "2004-01-01",
  "2009-01-01",
  "2014-01-01",
  "2019-01-01",
  "2024-01-01"
 ],
 "series": {
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   "name": "gender_t124_number_of_seats_available_for_election__all_india",
   "label": "Number of seats available for election, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "count",
   "data": [
    489,
    494,
    494,
    520,
    520,
    542,
    542,
    542,
    529,
    521,
    543,
    543,
    543,
    543,
    543,
    543,
    543,
    542
   ],
   "group": "Number of seats available for election",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "total_number_contesting__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t124_total_number_contesting__all_india",
   "label": "Total number contesting, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "count",
   "data": [
    1874,
    1518,
    1985,
    2369,
    2784,
    2439,
    4620,
    5574,
    6160,
    8699,
    13952,
    4750,
    5155,
    5435,
    8070,
    8251,
    8054,
    8359
   ],
   "group": "Total number contesting",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "elected_female__all_india__percent": {
   "name": "gender_t124_elected_female__all_india__percent",
   "label": "Elected(%)- Female, All India, per cent",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    null,
    60,
    50,
    44.8,
    24.4,
    27.1,
    19.7,
    25.6,
    13.6,
    11.4,
    6.7,
    15.7,
    17.6,
    12.7,
    10.6,
    9.3,
    10.7,
    9.3
   ],
   "group": "Elected(%)- Female",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "elected_female__all_india__count": {
   "name": "gender_t124_elected_female__all_india__count",
   "label": "Elected- Female, All India, number",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "count",
   "data": [
    null,
    27,
    35,
    30,
    21,
    19,
    28,
    42,
    27,
    37,
    40,
    43,
    52,
    45,
    59,
    62,
    78,
    74
   ],
   "group": "Elected- Female",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "elected_male__all_india__percent": {
   "name": "gender_t124_elected_male__all_india__percent",
   "label": "Elected(%)- Male, All India, per cent",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    null,
    31.7,
    24,
    21.3,
    18.5,
    22.1,
    11.5,
    9.2,
    8.4,
    5.8,
    3.8,
    11.2,
    10.2,
    9.8,
    6.4,
    6.3,
    6.4,
    6.2
   ],
   "group": "Elected(%)- Male",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "elected_male__all_india__count": {
   "name": "gender_t124_elected_male__all_india__count",
   "label": "Elected- Male, All India, number",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "count",
   "data": [
    null,
    467,
    459,
    490,
    499,
    523,
    514,
    500,
    502,
    484,
    503,
    500,
    494,
    498,
    484,
    481,
    465,
    468
   ],
   "group": "Elected- Male",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "total_number_contesting_female__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t124_total_number_contesting_female__all_india",
   "label": "Total number contesting- Female, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "count",
   "data": [
    null,
    45,
    70,
    67,
    86,
    70,
    142,
    164,
    198,
    325,
    599,
    274,
    296,
    355,
    556,
    668,
    726,
    800
   ],
   "group": "Total number contesting- Female",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "total_number_contesting_male__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t124_total_number_contesting_male__all_india",
   "label": "Total number contesting- Male, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "count",
   "data": [
    null,
    1473,
    1915,
    2302,
    2698,
    2369,
    4478,
    5406,
    5962,
    8374,
    13353,
    4476,
    4859,
    5080,
    7514,
    7583,
    7322,
    7553
   ],
   "group": "Total number contesting- Male",
   "geo": "All India"
  }
 }
}