| Summary/Abstract |
The recent participation levels of women in formal
politics in India reveal two positives that augur well. First, the
upsurge among women voters that started in the 1990s reached the
highest female turnout ever, so far, in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Second, women’s participation in high-voltage election campaigns
during the 2014 general elections also showed a substantial
increase. However, the continued under-representation of women
in legislative bodies and within the rank and file of political parties
offsets the momentous gains made in the people-driven feminisation
of electoral politics in India.
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