The Lok Sabha Elections 2019 concluded successfully on May 19, 2019, sealing the fate of 8,049 candidates contesting from 542 Lok Sabha seats. Of these, around 715 are women candidates.
The Congress and the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) have fielded over 50 women candidates each in the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Though the BJP and the Congress are fielding maximum number of women candidates, but percentage is still low in comparison to the total their nominated candidates.
Apart from these parties, only two parties undertook serious steps to give women a powerful representation. Odisha’s Biju Janata Dal reserved 33 percent for women in allotting party tickets and West Bengal’s All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) reserved 41 percent seats for women, nominating over 20 women out of 42 candidates.
Note: India stood at 149th position in a ranking of 193 countries in consideration of the representation of women in the parliament. In the present Lok Sabha, there are only 66 female members in the parliament. India trailed behind Bangladesh (97th), Pakistan (101st), and even Saudi Arabia (106th).
Here is the list of key women candidates contesting in Lok Sabha Elections 2019:
| Key Women Candidates in Lok Sabha Elections 2019 | ||||
| Women Candidate | Constituency | Party | Performance in 2014 elections | Comment |
| Sonia Gandhi | Rae Bareli | Congress | Won |
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| Kirron Kher | Chandigarh | BJP | Won |
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| Priya Dutt | Mumbai Northwest | Congress-NCP | Lost |
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| Harsimrat Kaur Badal | Bathinda | Shiromani Akali Dal. | Won |
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| Supriya Sule | Baramati | Nationalist Congress Party | Won |
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| Sheila Dikshit | North East Delhi | Congress | - | She did not contest in 2014 Lok Sabha Elections. |
| Hema Malini | Mathura | BJP | Won |
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| Muthuvel Karunanidhi Kanimozhi | Tuticorin | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Kanimozhi, daughter of Late Karunanidhi, is a Rajya Sabha member and is contesting for first time. |
| Smriti Irani | Amethi | BJP | Won |
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| Meenakshi Lekhi | New Delhi | BJP | Won |
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| Maneka Sanjay Gandhi | Sultanpur | BJP | Won | In 2014 elections, she was elected from Pilibhit constituency. |
| Poonam Mahajan | Mumbai-North-Central | BJP | Won |
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| Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur | Bhopal | BJP | - | Sadhvi Pragya joined the BJP in April 2019 |
| Urmila Matondkar | Mumbai North | Congress | - | Actress began her political career in 2019 itself by joining Congress |
| Poonam Sinha | Lucknow | Samajwadi Party | - | Shatrughan Sinha's wife, Poonam joined politics in April 2019 |
| Dimple Yadav | Kannauj | Samajwadi Party | Won | She is wife of Akhilesh Yadav and daughter-in-law of SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Misa Bharti | Patliputra | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Lost | Bharti is daughter of Lalu Prasad Yadav |
| Queen Ojha | Guwahati | BJP | - | This will be Ojha’s electoral debut at national level. |
| Kalvakuntla Kavitha | Nizamabad | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | Won | She is the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. |
| Heena Gavit | Nandurbar | BJP | Won | In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, she defeated Manikrao Hodlya Gavit, a 9-time MP. |
| Atishi | East Delhi | Aam Aadmi Party | - |
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Note: Eight-time parliamentarian Sumitra Mahajan, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Mamta Banerjee, and Mayawati are a few women who did not contest in the Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
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