The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha began on Monday, June 24, 2024.
A total of 73 women got elected to the 18th Lok Sabha against 78 women MPs in the 17th Lok Sabha.
West Bengal leads the race with 11 lady MPs.
A total of 797 women candidates contested the elections with the Bharatiya Janata Party fielding the maximum at 69 followed by the Congress at 41.
Meet some of the 73 lady MPs...
IMAGE: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra. Photograph: Shrikant Singh/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Trinamool Congress MPs June Malia, Saayoni Ghosh, Mitali Bag, Rachana Banerjee. Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MP Supriya Sule. Photograph: Rahul Singh/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare and Apna Dal (Soneylal) MP Anupriya Patel. Photograph: Rahul Singh/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party MP Anita Nagar Singh Chouhan. Photograph: Jitender Gupta/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal. Photograph: Jitender Gupta/ANI Photo
IMAGE: BJP MP Kangana Ranaut. Photograph: Jitender Gupta/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Congress MP Varsha Gaikwad. Photograph: Rahul Singh/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Congress MP Praniti Shinde with her father veteran politician Sushilkumar Shinde. Photograph: Rahul Singh/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Congress MP Kumari Selja. Photograph: Shrikant Singh/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Misa Bharti, right, with Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, second from left, Supriya Sule, left, and Praniti Shinde, second from right. Photograph: Jitender Gupta/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Dimple Yadav with her husband Akhilesh Yadav and other Samajwadi Party MPs. Photograph: Jitender Gupta/ANI Photo
IMAGE: BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj. Photograph: Rahul Singh/ANI Photo
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Aslam Hunani/Rediff.com
