A Critical Analysis Of Women In Post Independence Election System In India

Dr. Shobha Gulati, Associate Professor of Law, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara (Punjab) India

Dr. Navpreet Kaur, Assistant Professor of Law, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara (Punjab) India

ABSTRACT

Women active engagement in election competitions is a reliable sign of democracy's adequate progress in any country today. In a larger sense, women's engagement in politics includes participation in trade unions, co-operatives, women's collectives, informal and formal politics, and interactions in elections. The word 'political participation' has been described as an individual's or group's active interaction with public institutions, such as voting, candidacy, campaigning, holding political office, and/or lobbying.

Despite constitutional provisions ensuring gender equality, the need for increased female representation in India's political institutions was only taken seriously following the Committee on the Status of Women in India's report. Despite various limits in the voting process, the democratic uprising that began in India is expected to continue, and "people have succeeded in imposing their own democratic meaning in this process." Increased female engagement in official politics suggests a feminisation of Indian politics marked by positive, people-driven trends that bode well for Indian women and the country.

Keywords: Elections, Women’s Political Representation, Gender Equality, Women’s Reservation Bill, Constitutional Provisions, Legislatures.